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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. How does Schelling describe a decision such as choosing a seat in a theater?
(a) As a special case that cannot be analyzed using any particular interpretive framework.
(b) As a decision that can be predicted by mathematical laws of possibility.
(c) As a commonplace act that manifests the unconscious childhood sexual trauma of the individual.
(d) As something common and seemingly thoughtless that is nonetheless informed by subliminal motives.

2. How does Schelling describe the system of skiers going up a lift and coming down the trails?
(a) As a static system.
(b) As a closed system.
(c) As a transformative system.
(d) As an open system.

3. How does Schelling describe the Golden Gate Bridge?
(a) As a static equilibrium.
(b) As a semi-closed system.
(c) As a closed system.
(d) As an open system.

4. What term does Garrett Hardin use to describe people who infringe on others by following their own desires intently?
(a) Lemons.
(b) Commons.
(c) Critical mass.
(d) Self-fulfilling prophecy.

5. Which example does Schelling say complicates the prospect of arriving at a definitive proposition?
(a) A college with an unequal distribution of male and female students.
(b) A business with a number of different product lines.
(c) A population spread out over a wide geographical area.
(d) A commodity whose price is volatile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Schelling says a social behavior model can be?

2. When does Schelling say social behavior can be considered a critical mass?

3. What additional reason does Schelling give for the desire to sit in the back of a theater?

4. What additional explanation does Schelling offer for seat selection?

5. What does Schelling say a doctor administering measles vaccines found, that illustrates the human behavior Schelling is describing?

(see the answer key)

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