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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 is the first thing Schelling says a social behavior model can be?
(a) A precise statement of a set of relationships.
(b) A flow chart.
(c) A form of accounting.
(d) A hypothetical explanation of individual's motives.

2. What does Schelling say might be a demographic consequence of parents choosing their children's traits?
(a) Median size might increase.
(b) Left-handedness might disappear.
(c) Median longevity might increase.
(d) Median IQ might increase.

3. What does Schelling say is the term for a situation where two people hurt themselves and each other by making self-interested decisions?
(a) The lemon model.
(b) Prisoner's dilemma.
(c) The tipping-point/critical-mass model.
(d) The Spanish prisoner.

4. What is another trait does Schelling say parents might be able to choose?
(a) Weight.
(b) IQ.
(c) Skin color.
(d) Historical knowledge.

5. What case does Schelling use to illustrate the difficulty of making an economic proposition?
(a) Lowering the drinking age.
(b) Raising the draft age.
(c) Raising the drinking age.
(d) Ending the draft.

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural phenomenon does Schelling compare the economy to?

2. What does Schelling say social scientists will replace the aspects of a system with in order to understand the system?

3. What does Schelling say is the result if aggregate behavior results from a small number of variables?

4. What does Schelling say about the underlying motivation for segregation?

5. What does Schelling say race discrimination is caused by?

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