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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 the "open model" represent?
(a) An even age distribution.
(b) A model for mobility.
(c) A population model for gated communities.
(d) A history of America.

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

3. What is an example of a prediction which Schelling says closed system modeling cannot make?
(a) People who don't like dogs don't necessarily dislike dog owners.
(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 want to live with people of the same race generally like their neighbors.

4. What process does Schelling imagine parents choosing to undergo, in his hypothetical example?
(a) Immunization.
(b) Community planning.
(c) Chromosome selection.
(d) Clairvoyance.

5. What term does Garrett Hardin use to describe people who infringe on others by following their own desires intently?
(a) Critical mass.
(b) Commons.
(c) Lemons.
(d) Self-fulfilling prophecy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say is essential to economic analysis?

2. How many distinct sperm does Schelling say a man can produce?

3. What does Schelling call the phenomenon when two independent activities are dependent upon each other in that one is looked to as the other's source of growth?

4. What does Schelling say about discrimination?

5. How does Schelling say people are segregated?

(see the answer key)

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