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==Early life and education==
Tversky was born in [[Haifa]], [[Mandatory Palestine|British Palestine]] (now [[Israel]]), as son of the Polish-born veterinarian Yosef Tversky and [[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian Jewish]] [[Jenia Tversky]] (née Ginzburg), a social worker who later became a member of the [[Knesset]] representing the [[Mapai]] (Workers' Party).<ref name=":0">[http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/this-day-in-jewish-history/1.708958 A Psychologist Who Shed Light on Our Irrationality Is Born] Haaretz, 16 March 2016</ref> Tversky had one sister, Ruth, thirteen years his senior.

Tversky's mother has said he was self-taught in many areas, including mathematics.<ref name="ReferenceA">Priceless: The Hidden Psychology of Value
By William Poundstone</ref> In [[Education in Israel|high school]], Tversky took classes from literary critic [[Baruch Kurzweil]], and befriended classmate [[Dahlia Ravikovitch|Dahlia Ravikovich]], who would become an award-winning poet.

Tversky received his bachelor's degree from [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] in Israel in 1961, and his [[doctorate]] in psychology from the [[University of Michigan]] in Ann Arbor in 1965. He had already developed a clear vision of researching judgement.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>