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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Hockey Helmets, Daylight Saving, and Other Binary Choices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else does Schelling say social scientists consider in behavior modeling?
(a) Collective results.
(b) Religious history.
(c) Philosophical preferences.
(d) Ethnic conflicts.

2. What does Schelling say parents are most concerned with in the case of vaccination?
(a) Who else is vaccinating their children.
(b) The benefits of the vaccine.
(c) The consequences of not being vaccinated.
(d) How often the vaccination services are available.

3. How does Schelling describe a decision such as choosing a seat in a theater?
(a) As a special case that cannot be analyzed using any particular interpretive framework.
(b) As something common and seemingly thoughtless that is nonetheless informed by subliminal motives.
(c) As a commonplace act that manifests the unconscious childhood sexual trauma of the individual.
(d) As a decision that can be predicted by mathematical laws of possibility.

4. What does Schelling say the simplest model of a closed system with a density enhancement contains?
(a) Micropopulation numbers and statistical projections.
(b) Population numbers and historical date.
(c) Future forecasting predictions.
(d) Population numbers and individual preferences.

5. What does Schelling say would be at risk in a culture where parents preferred male children?
(a) Religion.
(b) Monogamous marriage.
(c) Safety.
(d) Cultural traditions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling compare to the process of tracking the circulation of money in an economy?

2. What is the second thing Schelling says a social behavior model can be?

3. What factor does Schelling use as an example of what motivates adults in their distribution decisions?

4. What does Schelling say a proposition has to have in order to be true?

5. What does Schelling say about human desire?

(see the answer key)

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