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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Choosing Our Children's Genes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schelling say about Christmas cards?
(a) They make a map of social relations.
(b) Sometimes they are sent out of guilt.
(c) They do not follow any laws of distribution.
(d) There is generally a balance between how many each person receives.

2. 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.

3. What does Schelling say the defines independent variable in a behavioral system?
(a) The sum of the dependent variables in parallel systems.
(b) The sum of the dependent variables.
(c) The imp of the perverse.
(d) The sum of the independent variables in linked systems.

4. What does Schelling say a doctor administering measles vaccines found, that illustrates the human behavior Schelling is describing?
(a) Nothing could convince a certain percentage of the population to get vaccinated.
(b) Arranging to have children vaccinated meant negotiating with the oldest people in the villages.
(c) When measles began to disappear, mothers would stop having their babies vaccinated, and the disease would come back.
(d) Once they saw that the vaccine worked, mothers couldn't get enough of it for their children.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Schelling say is important in economics?

3. What does Schelling say is essential to economic analysis?

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

5. Why does Schelling say people tend to sit in the back of a theater?

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