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

2. 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 uses non-mathematical data.
(d) He is involved in the life he is studying.

3. How does Schelling describe daylight savings time?
(a) As a self-enforcing convention.
(b) As a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(c) As a self-displacing prophecy.
(d) As a critical mass.

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

5. What does Schelling say governs each decision?
(a) Longing and fear.
(b) Preferences and goals.
(c) The collective unconscious.
(d) Dread and awe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say people have a tendency to do?

2. What name does Schelling give to the effect people have on each other's behavior?

3. What choice does Schelling say eugenics gave parents?

4. What additional reason does Schelling give for the desire to sit in the back of a theater?

5. What does Schelling ultimately say about a decision such as where to sit in a theater?

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