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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 important in economics?
(a) Natural laws.
(b) Generalizations.
(c) Individual behavior.
(d) Randomness.

2. What does Schelling say a proposition has to have in order to be true?
(a) It has to be able to be translated into an equation.
(b) It has to be inclusive and correct.
(c) It has to be mathematically grounded.
(d) It has to be fair and balanced.

3. How many calls does the individual receive, in the aggregate, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) It depends on how many people he knows.
(b) It depends on his personality.
(c) As many as he makes.
(d) As many as others make.

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

5. What does Schelling call the myriad of potential results?
(a) Irrational exuberance.
(b) Exhaustive subdivision.
(c) Randomness.
(d) Chaos.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Schelling compare a sociologist?

2. What does Schelling say is the key to predicting whether there will be a critical mass?

3. What does Schelling say is the term for a situation where two people hurt themselves and each other by making self-interested decisions?

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

5. What example from human psychology does Schelling contrapose to conscious choice?

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