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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schelling say individuals react to?
(a) The fear of the mass.
(b) The desire of the mass.
(c) Their own stimuli.
(d) The collective unconscious.

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

3. What additional explanation does Schelling offer for seat selection?
(a) He says it might be evidence of a higher intelligence.
(b) He says it might be a learned process.
(c) He says it might be influenced by the spirits.
(d) He says it might be random.

4. What does Schelling say the presence of a small group of black students in a college student body does for any economic propositions about the behavior of that student body?
(a) Introduces tension and inequality.
(b) Introduces uncertainty.
(c) Introduces randomness.
(d) Introduces non-economic competition.

5. What does Schelling say provides clear evidence of black versus white areas in American cities?
(a) Maps.
(b) History books.
(c) Demography.
(d) First-hand observation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Schelling say the "tipping" critical-mass model first described?

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

4. What natural phenomenon does Schelling compare the economy to?

5. What does Schelling say about economic systems that allow unequal distribution of wealth?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Schelling say that individual and aggregate behavior are different?

2. What is the relationship between behaviors that can be modeled and free will, in Schelling's analysis?

3. How does Schelling say technology has changed the number of genetic outcomes that can result when a man and a woman conceive?

4. What does Schelling say is the consequence of inadequate analysis of participants in an economic system?

5. What hope does Schelling have for the future of nuclear weapons?

6. What limitations does Schelling describe that restrict the effect of economic analysis of social behaviors?

7. What is a closed model, in Schelling's analysis?

8. What factors does Schelling say social scientists have to account for in models of human behavior?

9. What natural preference does Schelling say leads to segregation of populations in American cities?

10. What kinds of subliminal factors does Schelling say affect people's decisions of where to sit?

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