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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Sorting and Mixing: Age and Income.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else does Schelling say social scientists consider in behavior modeling?
(a) Religious history.
(b) Philosophical preferences.
(c) Collective results.
(d) Ethnic conflicts.

2. What does Schelling say would a density enhancement add to a closed model? Improved distribution modeling. Room for more factors to be included. Relief from certain mathematical constraints.
(a) Relief from certain mathematical constraints.
(b) Improved distribution modeling.
(c) Room for more factors to be included.
(d) Predictive accuracy.

3. What does Schelling say is the key to predicting whether there will be a critical mass?
(a) Knowing why people delay their decisions.
(b) Defining the number that will constitute the critical mass.
(c) Modeling the undesirability of the decision being weighed.
(d) Articulating the fears that surround the decision in the collective unconscious.

4. What does Schelling say is the best use of sorting and mixing models?
(a) Marriage and evolution.
(b) Population and food supply.
(c) Residence or membership.
(d) Free markets.

5. What part of a heating system does Schelling use as a metaphor for human behavior?
(a) A heating fan.
(b) A thermostat.
(c) A boiler.
(d) A pipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say social scientists consider in behavior modeling?

2. What does Schelling say the number of bikes stolen is almost identical to?

3. What does Schelling say the presence of a small group of black students in a college student body does for any economic propositions about the behavior of that student body?

4. What additional reason does Schelling give for the desire to sit in the back of a theater?

5. What example does Schelling use to explain the closed system with a density enhancement?

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