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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. How does Schelling describe the Golden Gate Bridge?
(a) As a static equilibrium.
(b) As an open system.
(c) As a closed system.
(d) As a semi-closed system.

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

3. How many calls does the individual receive, in the aggregate, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) As many as he makes.
(b) As many as others make.
(c) It depends on how many people he knows.
(d) It depends on his personality.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say about human desire?

2. What social science does Schelling say sociology resembles?

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

4. Which example does Schelling say complicates the prospect of arriving at a definitive proposition?

5. What does Schelling say the number of bikes stolen is almost identical to?

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