1. What do the laws visible in the human behavior Schelling describes lead you to expect in other cyclic processes?
(a) Hidden variables.
(b) Unexpected results.
(c) Latent resistances.
(d) Lag time.

2. What is the second thing Schelling says a social behavior model can be?
(a) A theory that explains a preponderance of evidence.
(b) A piece of evidence from which an entire system can be deduced.
(c) An actual biological or mechanical system that embodies a certain relationship.
(d) A dialogue about the nature of the evidence in a certain system.

3. To what does Schelling compare a sociologist?
(a) A musician.
(b) A mathematician.
(c) A naturalist.
(d) A forest ranger.

4. What does Schelling say social scientists hope to describe by characterizing a system?
(a) Information about the difficulties of modeling social behavior.
(b) An explanation for other phenomena that fit the same pattern.
(c) A mathematical model that accounts for all microbehavior within the phenomenon.
(d) Heuristics with which to judge behavior in nature.

5. What additional reason does Schelling give for the desire to sit in the back of a theater?
(a) People want to be far from the stage.
(b) People want to be prepared to flee.
(c) People want to watch people arrive.
(d) People want to feel safe in the dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Schelling say individual behaviors have in economic analysis?

3. What does Schelling say most people will say about their driving?

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

5. What does Schelling say a doctor administering measles vaccines found, that illustrates the human behavior Schelling is describing?

(see the answer key)

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