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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. Why does Schelling say people tend to sit in the back of a theater?
(a) Because that's where the desirable people sit.
(b) Because they want to be able to leave.
(c) Because they are afraid of the front.
(d) Because it is darker there.

2. What does Schelling say was seeking equilibrium as America's space industry interacted with the Russians'?
(a) The system of America's universities which produced scientists.
(b) The system of America's space agencies.
(c) The system of technical knowledge itself.
(d) The system of America's military defense industry.

3. How does Schelling say the Russian's space program affected America's space program?
(a) There was a short lag before America's investment caught up with and surpassed the Russians'.
(b) The Americans answered the Russians feat for feat.
(c) The Russians were determined to win superiority, but victory cost more than they could afford.
(d) The Americans were determined not to be outdone from the beginning.

4. What example from human psychology does Schelling contrapose to conscious choice?
(a) Parasympathetic behavior.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Dread and awe.
(d) Instinct.

5. What does Schelling say about balance in individual cases?
(a) It defines the nature of human beings.
(b) It is a transcendent law.
(c) It is evidence of the collective unconscious.
(d) It does not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say governs each decision?

2. To what does Schelling compare a sociologist?

3. Why can the Golden Gate Bridge charge a double toll for traffic in one direction without fear of being unfair?

4. How does Schelling say the success of society is evaluated?

5. What is the first thing Schelling says a social behavior model can be?

(see the answer key)

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