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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 Schelling say Hardin based his research on?
(a) Cows grazing.
(b) People selling cars.
(c) Ethnic populations moving into new neighborhoods.
(d) Pollution.

2. What consequence does Schelling say might affect people sitting closer to the stage?
(a) They are will be last to leave.
(b) They are forced to be watched by the others.
(c) They are socially outcast.
(d) They can see and hear better.

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

4. In Schelling's analysis, what behavior governs the people filling the theater?
(a) Randomness.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Group aversion.
(d) Bunching behavior.

5. What tool does Schelling say social scientists use to describe behaviors such as human principles and household activities?
(a) Math.
(b) Graphic designs.
(c) Computer architecture.
(d) Metaphors.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What case does Schelling use to illustrate the difficulty of making an economic proposition?

3. How many calls does the individual receive, in the aggregate, in Schelling's analysis?

4. What does Schelling say a proposition has to have in order to be true?

5. What does Schelling say social scientists hope to describe by characterizing a system?

(see the answer key)

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