Editing Daniel Kahneman (section)

== Education and early career ==
In 1954, Kahneman received his Bachelor of Science degree, with a major in psychology and a minor in mathematics, from the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]. Israeli intellectual [[Yeshayahu Leibowitz]], whom Kahneman describes as influential in his intellectual development, was Kahneman's chemistry teacher at [[Beit-Hakerem High School]], and Kahneman's physiology professor at university.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Daniel Kahneman |url=https://www.maxraskin.com/interviews/daniel-kahneman |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=Interviews with Max Raskin |language=en-US |archive-date=March 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301165853/https://www.maxraskin.com/interviews/daniel-kahneman |url-status=live }}</ref> Kahneman was average in mathematics, but he thrived in psychology.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2002 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2002/kahneman/biographical/ |access-date=November 20, 2023 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814214533/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-sciences/laureates/2002/kahneman-bio.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Kahneman was led to psychology when he discovered in his teens that he was more interested in why people believe in God than in whether God exists, and more interested in indignation than in ethics.<ref name=":1" />

In 1954, he began his military service in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] as a second lieutenant, serving for a year in infantry.<ref name=":1" /> He then served in the psychology department of the IDF. He developed a structured interview for combat recruits, which remained in use in the IDF for several decades. Kahneman describes his military service as a "very important period" in his life.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Akst |first=Daniel |title=Daniel Kahneman: How Companies Can Improve Their Hiring Process |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/daniel-kahneman-how-companies-can-improve-their-hiring-process-11632225600 |access-date=March 12, 2024 |publisher=WSJ |archive-date=March 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312163342/https://www.wsj.com/articles/daniel-kahneman-how-companies-can-improve-their-hiring-process-11632225600 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1958, he went to the United States to study for his PhD in Psychology at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. His 1961 dissertation, advised by [[Susan M. Ervin-Tripp|Susan Ervin]], examined relations between adjectives in the [[semantic differential]] and allowed him to "engage in two of [his] favorite pursuits: the analysis of complex correlational structures and [[Fortran|FORTRAN]] programming".<ref name="NobelPrize Bio 2002"/>