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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Hockey Helmets, Daylight Saving, and Other Binary Choices.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What social science does Schelling say sociology resembles?
(a) History.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Economics.
(d) Paranormal psychology.
2. Where do social scientists chart binary choices?
(a) In articles.
(b) In statistical analyses.
(c) In schematics.
(d) In spreadsheets.
3. What does Schelling say about segregation?
(a) It is usually harmless.
(b) It is generally an emotional expression of the collective unconscious.
(c) It is always at least unconsciously deliberate.
(d) Sometimes it is deliberate, but not always.
4. What does Schelling say social conventions mediate between?
(a) Order and chaos.
(b) Violence and the threat of punishment.
(c) Desire and restraint.
(d) Individual interest and collective purpose.
5. How does Schelling arrive at the number of genetic possibilities in two people's offspring?
(a) By dividing the number of possible eggs and the number of possible sperm.
(b) By adding the number of possible eggs and the number of possible sperm.
(c) By running the eggs and sperm through polymerase chain reactions.
(d) By multiplying the number of possible eggs and the number of possible sperm.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Schelling say a doctor administering measles vaccines found, that illustrates the human behavior Schelling is describing?
2. How many distinct eggs does Schelling say a woman can produce?
3. What does Schelling say about offspring?
4. What does Schelling say is important in economics?
5. What does Schelling say individuals react to?
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