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

2. What does Schelling say the measles story is an example of?
(a) A public-health process.
(b) A critical-mass process.
(c) A paradoxical process.
(d) A counter-intuitive process.

3. What does Schelling say about offspring?
(a) They will probably look like their paternal grandmothers.
(b) They will probably look like their maternal grandfathers.
(c) They will probably look like their mothers.
(d) They will probably look like their fathers.

4. What example does Schelling use to show discrimination in an atypical light?
(a) Buying a foreign car because it has good gas mileage.
(b) Driving home the long way to avoid the highway.
(c) Taking a friend of another race to dinner.
(d) Shopping in a store that has fresh produce.

5. What is an example of a prediction which Schelling says closed system modeling cannot make?
(a) People who want to live with people of the same race generally like their neighbors.
(b) People will not settle in one place, but they will keep searching for places that meet different needs.
(c) People who want to live near family will act on other preferences, like not living near shopping malls.
(d) People who don't like dogs don't necessarily dislike dog owners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say about a bike owner buying a bike for $90 and selling it for $150?

2. What does Schelling say can be included in closed models?

3. How does Schelling describe a critical-mass behavior?

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

5. What does Schelling say the farmer needs to know?

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