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

2. What social science does Schelling say sociology resembles?
(a) Economics.
(b) Paranormal psychology.
(c) History.
(d) Psychology.

3. What does the critical mass provide for the individual?
(a) Confidence that he is right.
(b) A plausible excuse.
(c) Safety in numbers.
(d) Deniability.

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

5. How does Schelling characterize the individual's relationship with the society?
(a) He tends to specialize, and not to see the influences that drive him.
(b) He does not need to know how it works, he only has to perform his part.
(c) He tends to organize with others in his similar situation.
(d) He strives for a full understanding of every part.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Schelling compare a sociologist?

2. What term does Garrett Hardin use to describe people who infringe on others by following their own desires intently?

3. What does Schelling say has to be closely attended to, in economic analysis?

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

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

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