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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 the "tipping" critical-mass model first described?

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

3. What does Schelling call the myriad of potential results?

4. What does Schelling say is the goal of his model for describing segregation?

5. What does Schelling say the measles story is an example of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Schelling say a closed model can be used for with regard to prospective college students?

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

3. What is one consequence Schelling describes of parents being able to choose the sex of their children?

4. What would be the consequence of parents preferring boys to girls, in Schelling's analysis?

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

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

7. In what way does Schelling say the shop owner's exchange of a bicycle for $150 of the customer's money--when the owner paid $90 for the bicycle--an equal exchange?

8. What distinction does Schelling draw between decisions other people have made?

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

10. Where does the equivalence of terms in an economic break down, in Schelling's analysis?

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 Schelling's values? Where does he stand on the issue of safety, or integration, or segregation or vaccines? Using evidence from the book, describe Schelling's personal views about the issues he raises, and explain the reasoning by which he justifies these personal views.

Essay Topic 3

Tolerance is a desirable quality to identify in an economic model of behavior, but how would you define the value of tolerance in Schelling's models of integration? What would you know it by? What factors would indicate a 'tolerant' neighborhood or society?

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