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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 has to be closely attended to, in economic analysis?
2. What does Schelling say is the goal of his model for describing segregation?
3. What do the laws visible in the human behavior Schelling describes lead you to expect in other cyclic processes?
4. What does Schelling say distinguishes the sociologist from other scientists?
5. What does Schelling say the "tipping" critical-mass model first described?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Schelling say about discrimination?
2. How does Schelling use mathematical formulations to express his economic models of behavior?
3. What is the commons model?
4. What limitations does Schelling describe that restrict the effect of economic analysis of social behaviors?
5. Which U.S. presidents' decisions about nuclear weapons does Schelling describe?
6. What does Schelling say a closed model can be used for with regard to prospective college students?
7. What is a binary choice?
8. What is one consequence Schelling describes of parents being able to choose the sex of their children?
9. What natural preference does Schelling say leads to segregation of populations in American cities?
10. What does Schelling mean when he says that certain behaviors have the character of mathematical "identical truisms"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Which models are most convincing in predicting outcomes, and which models are least convincing? Describe a case where a model lines up neatly with phenomena, and another case where a model fails to account for behavior.
Essay Topic 2
What are the risks and benefits of using numerical analysis in models of human behavior?
Essay Topic 3
Which has a bigger effect on society, the choices people can see, or the choices they make that cannot be seen?
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