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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 does Schelling say distinguishes the sociologist from other scientists?
(a) He is involved in the life he is studying.
(b) He studies himself as well as his subject.
(c) He publishes in different journals.
(d) He uses non-mathematical data.

2. What is the first thing Schelling says a social behavior model can be?
(a) A hypothetical explanation of individual's motives.
(b) A flow chart.
(c) A precise statement of a set of relationships.
(d) A form of accounting.

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

4. What does Schelling say is the key to predicting whether there will be a critical mass?
(a) Articulating the fears that surround the decision in the collective unconscious.
(b) Knowing why people delay their decisions.
(c) Defining the number that will constitute the critical mass.
(d) Modeling the undesirability of the decision being weighed.

5. What does Schelling say will be necessary to satisfy people with a closed model?
(a) An additional regression model.
(b) An arbitray limit on the time period.
(c) A correction for young people.
(d) An imposed division.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Schelling say chromosomal modification might be useful?

2. How does Schelling say the Russian's space program affected America's space program?

3. What is an unconditional preference?

4. What does Schelling say about segregation?

5. How does Schelling explain blacks and whites being excluded from each other's churches?

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