View a FREE sample

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 individuals react to?
(a) Their own stimuli.
(b) The fear of the mass.
(c) The collective unconscious.
(d) The desire of the mass.

2. What does Schelling say about the frequency of pairs?
(a) Pairs are a human construct.
(b) Pairs are rare in nature but common in society.
(c) Many phenomena occur in pairs.
(d) Pairs are common if your criteria are simple.

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

4. What ingrained behavior does Schelling say informs the decision where to sit in a theater?
(a) Not to sit near funny-looking people.
(b) Not to sit next to anyone.
(c) Not to sit in front.
(d) Not to sit in the back.

5. How does Schelling describe a decision such as choosing a seat in a theater?
(a) As a decision that can be predicted by mathematical laws of possibility.
(b) As a commonplace act that manifests the unconscious childhood sexual trauma of the individual.
(c) As a special case that cannot be analyzed using any particular interpretive framework.
(d) As something common and seemingly thoughtless that is nonetheless informed by subliminal motives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling use his lecture to an audience of 800 people to illustrate?

2. What fear does Schelling say informs the behavior that is ingrained in people's decisions where to sit in a theater?

3. What does Schelling say about economic systems that allow unequal distribution of wealth?

4. What natural phenomenon does Schelling compare the economy to?

5. What does Schelling say is an atomic pile is an example of?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 326 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample