Yes, that is the point. Psychologists often do tests where everything is held constant but for some particular feature of circumstance. Their purpose is to see what circumstantial features have what effects. The idea here is to build on that research to develop ways to test individual rationality.
This seems like a very general and useful idiom—I propose calling them hot/cold tests, if the term isn’t already taken.
Tests which compare your answers in calm circumstances with “hot” circumstances have been done; they’re described in “Predictably Irrational”.
Yes, that is the point. Psychologists often do tests where everything is held constant but for some particular feature of circumstance. Their purpose is to see what circumstantial features have what effects. The idea here is to build on that research to develop ways to test individual rationality.