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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Thermostats, Lemons, and Other Families of Models.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Schelling's analysis, what behavior governs the people filling the theater?
(a) Bunching behavior.
(b) Group aversion.
(c) Randomness.
(d) Chaos.

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?
(a) Introduces tension and inequality.
(b) Introduces non-economic competition.
(c) Introduces randomness.
(d) Introduces uncertainty.

4. How does Schelling describe daylight savings time?
(a) As a critical mass.
(b) As a self-displacing prophecy.
(c) As a self-enforcing convention.
(d) As a self-fulfilling prophecy.

5. What does Schelling say distinguishes the sociologist from other scientists?
(a) He is involved in the life he is studying.
(b) He publishes in different journals.
(c) He studies himself as well as his subject.
(d) He uses non-mathematical data.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many calls does the individual receive, in the aggregate, in Schelling's analysis?

2. What does Schelling say the defines independent variable in a behavioral system?

3. What additional explanation does Schelling offer for seat selection?

4. What term does Garrett Hardin use to describe people who infringe on others by following their own desires intently?

5. What does Schelling say the measles story is an example of?

(see the answer key)

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