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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Thermostats, Lemons, and Other Families of Models.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example from nature does Schelling contrapose to human decisions?
(a) Instinct.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Photosynthesis.
(d) Evolution.

2. What consequence does Schelling say might affect people sitting closer to the stage?
(a) They are socially outcast.
(b) They can see and hear better.
(c) They are will be last to leave.
(d) They are forced to be watched by the others.

3. 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.

4. What natural phenomenon does Schelling compare the economy to?
(a) A forest.
(b) An ant colony.
(c) An ocean ecosystem.
(d) Celestial bodies.

5. What does Schelling say the "tipping" critical-mass model first described?
(a) The boom-bust cycle in economics.
(b) Political change.
(c) Dust being drizzles onto scales.
(d) New ethnicities moving into neighborhoods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say most people will say about their driving?

2. How do people affect each other's decisions where to sit in theater?

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

4. What social science does Schelling say sociology resembles?

5. Why can the Golden Gate Bridge charge a double toll for traffic in one direction without fear of being unfair?

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