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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 social conventions mediate between?
(a) Desire and restraint.
(b) Individual interest and collective purpose.
(c) Order and chaos.
(d) Violence and the threat of punishment.

2. What does Schelling say is an atomic pile is an example of?
(a) A paradoxical process.
(b) A critical-mass model.
(c) A half-life model.
(d) A lemon model.

3. What tool does Schelling say social scientists use to describe behaviors such as human principles and household activities?
(a) Graphic designs.
(b) Computer architecture.
(c) Math.
(d) Metaphors.

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

5. What does Schelling say a proposition has to have in order to be true?
(a) It has to be fair and balanced.
(b) It has to be mathematically grounded.
(c) It has to be able to be translated into an equation.
(d) It has to be inclusive and correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say race discrimination is caused by?

2. What does Schelling say individual behaviors have in economic analysis?

3. How does Schelling describe a decision such as choosing a seat in a theater?

4. What name does Schelling give to the effect people have on each other's behavior?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Schelling say human systems differ from natural systems?

2. What does Schelling say is the best use for the models he is describing?

3. What is the key factor in the critical-mass model?

4. What would the demographic consequences be, if parents could select the traits of their children?

5. What is the lemons model?

6. What is a semi-closed system?

7. What does Schelling say about discrimination?

8. What behavior does discrimination allow Schelling to model?

9. According to Schelling, what is not included in his model of integration and segregation?

10. How does Schelling describe segregation?

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