View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schelling say might be a demographic consequence of parents choosing their children's traits?
(a) Left-handedness might disappear.
(b) Median size might increase.
(c) Median longevity might increase.
(d) Median IQ might increase.

2. What additional factors does Schelling say contribute to population preferences?
(a) Geographical factors.
(b) Individual quirks.
(c) Family pressures.
(d) Maturity levels of individuals.

3. What is the source of the final chapter in Micromotives and Macrobehavior?
(a) Schelling's Pulitzer lecture.
(b) Schelling's Nobel lecture.
(c) Schelling's dissertation.
(d) Schelling's class lecture notes.

4. What vocabulary does Schelling use for "going along with the crowd"?
(a) Doing one's own thing.
(b) The democratic process.
(c) Joining a self-restraining coalition.
(d) Joining the decision of the majority.

5. What is another trait does Schelling say parents might be able to choose?
(a) Weight.
(b) IQ.
(c) Skin color.
(d) Historical knowledge.

6. How does Schelling arrive at the number of genetic possibilities in two people's offspring?
(a) By multiplying the number of possible eggs and the number of possible sperm.
(b) By dividing the number of possible eggs and the number of possible sperm.
(c) By running the eggs and sperm through polymerase chain reactions.
(d) By adding the number of possible eggs and the number of possible sperm.

7. What does Schelling say the government might do to correct the imbalance of male and female babies?
(a) Offer incentives for immigrants with female children.
(b) Teach female children to read and write.
(c) Offer tax incentives.
(d) Punish parents with too many boys.

8. What model of human behavior does Schelling say arms control follows?
(a) Commons model.
(b) Critical-mass model.
(c) Binary choice model.
(d) The herding instinct.

9. What does Schelling say about the results of segregation and integration models?
(a) They can be deceptive.
(b) They have gravitas.
(c) They are occasionally statistically useful.
(d) They are interesting.

10. What was the status of nuclear weapons under Truman's successor?
(a) They were classified as weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
(b) They were heavily regulated.
(c) They became conventional weapons.
(d) They were banned.

11. What does Schelling say are discrete variables?
(a) History, ethnicity and tradition.
(b) Height, weight and eye color.
(c) Sex, race and religion.
(d) Education, certifications and career.

12. What does Schelling say genetic modification would interfere with?
(a) The meaning of being human.
(b) People's sense of their history.
(c) The ability to reflect on one's life.
(d) People's most basic rights.

13. What does Schelling say parents are most concerned with in the case of vaccination?
(a) The consequences of not being vaccinated.
(b) How often the vaccination services are available.
(c) Who else is vaccinating their children.
(d) The benefits of the vaccine.

14. What does Schelling say will be necessary to satisfy people with a closed model?
(a) An imposed division.
(b) A correction for young people.
(c) An additional regression model.
(d) An arbitray limit on the time period.

15. What discrete variable does Schelling say parents could select for?
(a) Size.
(b) Bone density.
(c) Longevity.
(d) Left versus right-handedness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an example of a prediction which Schelling says closed system modeling cannot make?

2. What is a binary choice?

3. How many distinct eggs does Schelling say a woman can produce?

4. Under what condition would the population not be constrained by a mathematical identity after the youngest ten percent of a population moved away?

5. What does Schelling say would be the consequence of a culture preferring male children?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 655 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample