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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 is an example of a prediction which Schelling says closed system modeling cannot make?
(a) People will not settle in one place, but they will keep searching for places that meet different needs.
(b) People who want to live near family will act on other preferences, like not living near shopping malls.
(c) People who want to live with people of the same race generally like their neighbors.
(d) People who don't like dogs don't necessarily dislike dog owners.

2. What does Schelling say about economic systems that allow unequal distribution of wealth?
(a) That they are admirable.
(b) That they are pernicious.
(c) That they compel amazement, but not admiration.
(d) That, based on human nature, they are inevitable.

3. What does Schelling say the measles story is an example of?
(a) A counter-intuitive process.
(b) A paradoxical process.
(c) A critical-mass process.
(d) A public-health process.

4. What does Schelling say is important in economics?
(a) Individual behavior.
(b) Generalizations.
(c) Randomness.
(d) Natural laws.

5. What vocabulary does Schelling use for "going along with the crowd"?
(a) Doing one's own thing.
(b) The democratic process.
(c) Joining a self-restraining coalition.
(d) Joining the decision of the majority.

Short Answer Questions

1. What discrete variable does Schelling say parents could select for?

2. What does Schelling say social scientists hope to describe by characterizing a system?

3. What process does Schelling imagine parents choosing to undergo, in his hypothetical example?

4. What does Schelling say social scientists consider in behavior modeling?

5. What does Schelling say provides clear evidence of black versus white areas in American cities?

(see the answer key)

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