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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Hockey Helmets, Daylight Saving, and Other Binary Choices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schelling say governs each decision?
(a) Dread and awe.
(b) The collective unconscious.
(c) Preferences and goals.
(d) Longing and fear.

2. What does the heating-system-like aspect of human behavior seek, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) An appropriate level.
(b) Perpetual comfort.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Relief from tension.

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

4. How does the heating system parallel human behavior in Schelling's example?
(a) A vessel carries whatever hot or cold air or water runs through it.
(b) A rising variable alternatively over and under performs.
(c) A voice distributes its energy into the environment around it.
(d) A trait becomes more and more intense until it expresses itself in heat.

5. What natural phenomenon does Schelling compare the economy to?
(a) An ocean ecosystem.
(b) A forest.
(c) Celestial bodies.
(d) An ant colony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an unconditional preference?

2. How many possibilities does Schelling say social scientists have to account for when charting binary choice?

3. What does Schelling say about balance in individual cases?

4. What does Schelling say are continuous variables?

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

(see the answer key)

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