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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say about balance in individual cases?

2. How does Schelling say people are segregated?

3. What does Schelling say the processes of separation, segregation, sharing, and mixing have in common?

4. What does Schelling say about human desire?

5. What part of a heating system does Schelling use as a metaphor for human behavior?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many possible genetic variations can result when two people have a baby together?

2. What are some of the other traits Schelling says parents might be able to choose in the future?

3. How does Schelling define equilibrium?

4. What are the nine ways Schelling describes by which propositions can be constrained successfully?

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

6. How does Schelling characterize eugenics?

7. How does Schelling describe the role of the social scientist?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a positive kind of discrimination, and what tools does a society or a government have for reinforcing positive discrimination?

Essay Topic 2

What do Schelling's models of human behavior tell us about human nature? Do they tell us different things about individuals than they tell us about society? Do they delve into psychology, or are they still essentially economic in nature?

Essay Topic 3

What are the risks and benefits of using numerical analysis in models of human behavior?

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