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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Sorting and Mixing: Race and Sex.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example from human psychology does Schelling contrapose to conscious choice?
(a) Parasympathetic behavior.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Instinct.
(d) Dread and awe.

2. What does Schelling say individual behaviors have in economic analysis?
(a) Mathematical equality.
(b) Statistical predictability.
(c) Randomness.
(d) Statistical insignificance.

3. What does Schelling say is the result if aggregate behavior results from a small number of variables?
(a) Doubt.
(b) Certainty.
(c) Faith.
(d) Conflict.

4. What is the second thing Schelling says a social behavior model can be?
(a) A piece of evidence from which an entire system can be deduced.
(b) A theory that explains a preponderance of evidence.
(c) A dialogue about the nature of the evidence in a certain system.
(d) An actual biological or mechanical system that embodies a certain relationship.

5. What fear does Schelling say informs the behavior that is ingrained in people's decisions where to sit in a theater?
(a) The fear of violent teachers.
(b) The fear of being involved.
(c) The fear of a pop quiz in class.
(d) The fear of being called on stage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say people feel in a "bounded-neighborhood" model?

2. What does Schelling say distinguishes the sociologist from other scientists?

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

4. What does Schelling say about segregation?

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

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