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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 is essential to economic analysis?
(a) Income and economic growth.
(b) Accounting statements.
(c) Profit and loss.
(d) Narrative.

2. What does Schelling say about the frequency of pairs?
(a) Pairs are rare in nature but common in society.
(b) Pairs are common if your criteria are simple.
(c) Many phenomena occur in pairs.
(d) Pairs are a human construct.

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

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

5. What name does Schelling give to the effect people have on each other's behavior?
(a) Anxiety of influence.
(b) Archetypal intelligence.
(c) Emotional intelligence.
(d) Contingent behavior.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Schelling say about human desire?

3. What does Schelling say governs each decision?

4. What does Schelling say about balance in individual cases?

5. What does Schelling say is an atomic pile is an example of?

(see the answer key)

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