1、Name: Class: Date: Chapter2-ThinkingLikeanEconomist1. Whichstatementbestdescribesthewayeconomistsstudytheeconomy? a. Economistsstudythepast,butdonottrytopredictthefuture. b. Economistsuseaprobabilisticapproachbasedoncorrelationsbetweeneconomicevents.
2、 c. Economistsdevisetheories,collectdata,andthenanalyzethedatatotestthetheories. d. Economistsusecontrolledexperimentsmuchthesamewayabiologistorphysicistdoes.ANSWER: c2. Whicharetermsusedbyaneconomist? a. vectorspacesandaxioms b. tortsandvenues c. ego
3、andcognitivedissonance d. consumersurplusanddeadweightlossANSWER: d3. Whatismeantbyscientificmethod? a. theuseofmodernelectronictestingequipmenttounderstandtheworld b. thedispassionatedevelopmentandtestingoftheoriesabouthowtheworldworks c. theuseofcon
4、trolledexperimentsinunderstandingthewaytheworldworks d. findingevidencetosupportpreconceivedtheoriesabouthowtheworldworksANSWER: b4. Whosaid,“Thewholeofscienceisnothingmorethanarefinementofeverydaythinking”? a. IsaacNewton b. AlbertEinstein c. JohnNas
5、h d. StephenHawkingANSWER: b5. WhatobservationdidAlbertEinsteinoncemakeaboutscience? a. “Thewholeofscienceisnothingmorethanarefinementofeverydaythinking.” b. “Thewholeofscienceisnothingmorethananinterestingintellectualexercise.” c. “Inordertounderstan
6、dwhatscienceis,onemustsimplylookaroundthemselves.” d. “Inordertounderstandwhatscienceis,onemusttranscendeverydaythinking.”ANSWER: a6. SirIsaacNewtondevelopedthetheoryofgravityafterobservinganapplefallfromatree.Whatisthisanexampleof? a. acontrolledexpe
7、rimentusedtodevelopscientifictheory b. beingintherightplaceattherighttime c. anaturalconsequence d. theinterplaybetweenobservationandtheoryinscienceANSWER: d7. Whatisacommonthreadbetweeneconomicsandothersciences,suchasphysics? a. Experimentsaremostoft
8、enconductedinalab.CopyrightCengageLearning.PoweredbyCognero.Page 48Name: Class: Date: Chapter2-ThinkingLikeanEconomist b. Real-worldobservationsoftenleadtotheories. c. Theydealwithsimilarphenomena. d. Theydealprimarilywithabstractconc
