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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can a closed system with a density enhancement include, in Schelling's analysis?

2. Where do social scientists chart binary choices?

3. What second example does Schelling use to demonstrate a closed system with a density enhancement?

4. What does Schelling say economic models of human behavior consider?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Can you speak accurately about the character of a people based on any particular model? Or can you only speak accurately about individuals whose motives you know and whose behavior you have discussed with them? Put another way, what are the limits of the kind of knowledge Schelling practices in Micromotives and Macrobehavior?

Essay Topic 2

Schelling writes that groups tend to gather around a primary distinction, but secondary distinctions still exist beneath the surface. Select a case study from history or from current events and describe the interplay between the dominant identifier and the relationship between sub-identifications within that group.

Essay Topic 3

What do Schelling's models of human behavior tell us about human nature? Do they tell us different things about individuals than they tell us about society? Do they delve into psychology, or are they still essentially economic in nature?

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