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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 most people will say about their driving?
(a) They are charismatic.
(b) They are average.
(c) They are unique.
(d) They are better than average.

2. What additional explanation does Schelling offer for seat selection?
(a) He says it might be random.
(b) He says it might be evidence of a higher intelligence.
(c) He says it might be influenced by the spirits.
(d) He says it might be a learned process.

3. What does Schelling say social scientists will replace the aspects of a system with in order to understand the system?
(a) Mathematical symbols.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Colors.
(d) Pet names.

4. What does Schelling say social scientists hope to describe by characterizing a system?
(a) A mathematical model that accounts for all microbehavior within the phenomenon.
(b) Heuristics with which to judge behavior in nature.
(c) An explanation for other phenomena that fit the same pattern.
(d) Information about the difficulties of modeling social behavior.

5. How does the heating system parallel human behavior in Schelling's example?
(a) A vessel carries whatever hot or cold air or water runs through it.
(b) A rising variable alternatively over and under performs.
(c) A voice distributes its energy into the environment around it.
(d) A trait becomes more and more intense until it expresses itself in heat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can the Golden Gate Bridge charge a double toll for traffic in one direction without fear of being unfair?

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

3. What does Schelling say the defines independent variable in a behavioral system?

4. What social science does Schelling say sociology resembles?

5. How does Schelling describe daylight savings time?

(see the answer key)

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