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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vocabulary does Schelling use for "going along with the crowd"?

2. What does it mean if the median age is 45 in an open model?

3. What was the status of nuclear weapons under Kennedy and Johnson?

4. How many distinct sperm does Schelling say a man can produce?

5. What does Schelling say about mathematical identities?

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

Schelling's Micromotives and Macrobehavior is grounded in the opposition between the individual's feelings and motives, and the aggregate society's behavior. How does Schelling resolve the tension or opposition between these two things? Can a social scientist analyze aggregate behavior from an aggregate perspective? What happens to the individual in the model for the society? Does this cause a problem for Schelling or any social scientist as someone who is describing phenomena that can only be seen in the aggregate?

Essay Topic 3

Write a detailed review of Micromotives and Macrobehavior. What are the book's main themes and preoccupations? What are its methods? How does it achieve its intentions? Where does it fail to?

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