Chapter02曼昆经济学

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1、Chapter2/ThinkingLikeanEconomistF53Chapter2ThinkingLikeanEconomistMULTIPLECHOICE1.Whichisthebeststatementaboutthewayeconomistsstudytheeconomy?a.Theystudythepast,butdonottrytopredictthefuture.b.Theyuseaprobabilisticapproachbasedoncorrelationsbetweeneconomicevents.

2、c.Theydevisetheories,collectdata,thenanalyzethedatatotestthetheories.d.Theyusecontrolledexperimentsmuchthesamewayabiologistorphysicistdoes.ANSWER:c.Theydevisetheories,collectdata,thenanalyzethedatatotestthetheories.TYPE:MSECTION:1DIFFICULTY:22.Termsusedbyaneconom

3、istwouldincludea.vectorspacesandaxioms.b.tortsandvenues.c.egoandcognitivedissonance.d.comparativeadvantageandelasticity.ANSWER:d.comparativeadvantageandelasticity.TYPE:MSECTION:1DIFFICULTY:23.Byscientificmethodwemeana.theuseofmodernelectronictestingequipmenttound

4、erstandtheworld.b.thedispassionatedevelopmentandtestingoftheoriesabouthowtheworldworks.c.theuseofcontrolledexperimentsinunderstandingthewaytheworldworks.d.findingevidencetosupportpreconceivedtheoriesabouthowtheworldworks.ANSWER:b.thedispassionatedevelopmentandtes

5、tingoftheoriesabouthowtheworldworks.TYPE:MSECTION:1DIFFICULTY:24.Whosaid,“Thewholeofscienceisnothingmorethantherefinementofeverydaythinking.”?a.IsaacNewtonb.AlbertEinsteinc.SigmundFreudd.BenjaminFranklinANSWER:b.AlbertEinsteinTYPE:MSECTION:1DIFFICULTY:15.AlbertEi

6、nsteinoncemadethefollowingobservationaboutscience:a.“Thewholeofscienceisnothingmorethantherefinementofeverydaythinking.”b.“Thewholeofscienceisnothingmorethananinterestingintellectualexercise.”c.“Inordertounderstandscience,onemustrelysolelyonabstraction.”d.“Inorde

7、rtounderstandscience,onemusttranscendeverydaythinking.”ANSWER:a.“Thewholeofscienceisnothingmorethantherefinementofeverydaythinking.”TYPE:MSECTION:1DIFFICULTY:26.SirIsaacNewton’sdevelopmentofthetheoryofgravityafterobservinganapplefallfromatreeisanexampleofa.contro

8、lledexperimentsusedtodevelopscientifictheories.b.beingintherightplaceattherighttime.c.anideawhosetimehadcome.d.theinterplaybetweenobservationandtheoryinscience