GWD7-Q6 to Q9

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GWD7-Q6 to Q9:

    

 

    

      For many years, theoretical economists
characterized humans as rational beings relentlessly bent on maximizing purely
selfish reward. Results of an experimental economics study appear to contradict
this view, however.  In the “Ultimatum Game,”
two subjects, who cannot exchange information, are placed in separate
rooms.  One is randomly chosen to propose
how a sum of money, known to both, should be shared between them; only one
offer, which must be accepted or rejected without negotiation, is allowed.

    

      If, in fact, people are selfish and
rational, then the proposer should offer the smallest possible share, while the
responder should accept any offer, no matter how small:  after all, even one dollar is better than nothing.  In numerous trials, however, two-thirds of
the offers made were between 40 and 50 percent; only 4 percent were less than
20 percent.  Among responders, more than
half who were offered less than 20 percent rejected the offer.  Behavior in the game did not appreciably depend
on the players’ sex, age, or education. 
Nor did the amount of money involved play a significant role:  for instance, in trials of the game that were
conducted in Indonesia, the sum to be shared was as much as three times the
subjects’ average monthly income, and still responders refused offers that they
deemed too small.

Q7:此题不理解

                

The
passage implies that the results of the Ultimatum Game undermine theoretical
economists’ characterization of human beings by

                

             

                

A.   
demonstrating that most people are inclined
to try to maximize their own advantage whenever possible

                

B.   
indicating that people who do not have the
option of negotiating might behave more generously than do those who have the
option of negotiating

                

C.   
illustrating how people’s economic behavior
depends to some extent on how large a sum of money is involved

                

D.   
showing that most people instinctively place
their own economic self-interest ahead of the interest of strangers

                

E.    
suggesting that people’s economic behavior
might in part be motivated by factors other than selfishness

此题没人问过，我看着哪个选项都不对，为什么是C呢？

海的遐想

答案应该是E啦~~

这题是举例作用题，Ultimatum Game是为了说明新观点的呀，至于新观点么就是theoretical economists观点的取非

然后看选项就E比较对啦

我是这么认为的

louchao5678

我顶一下  我也不理解

louchao5678

One is randomly chosen to propose how a sum of money, known to both, should be shared between them; only one offer, which must be accepted or rejected without negotiation, is allowed.    什么意思么

gigi68788

为什么不是a？我在a和e之间徘徊，a好像也对阿～

gigi68788

为什么不是a？我在a和e之间徘徊，a好像也对阿～

-- by 会员 gigi68788 (2011/8/10 10:13:41)

难道是因为e更直接一些，a有点绕？虽然他们的意思是一致的

gigi68788

Q8:
The author refers to the sum of one dollar (line 21) in order to
        
A.    question the notion that the amount of money involved significantly affected players’ behavior
B.    provide an example of one of the rare offers made by proposers that was less than 20 percent
C.    illustrate the rationality of accepting even a very small offer


D.    suggest a reason that responders rejected offers that were less than 20 percent
E.    challenge the conclusion that a selfish and rational proposer should offer a responder the smallest possible share

第8题也让人费解阿。
c和e还是不知道选哪个？e似乎也是不对的，但是就是不明白为什么选c，理解不了。ask for help

shuimuwa

Q8:
原文假设：人如果是理性的，那么就会接受钱。但是后面接着说这些人并没有接受，以此来反驳theoretical economists的观点

Eileenl

E 中说它chanllenge the conclusion,但是这一句镔没有chanllenge,它只是用来支持If, in fact, people are selfish and
rational  If, in fact, people are selfish and
rational, then the proposer should offer the smallest possible share, while the
responder should accept any offer, no matter how small

断夏夏

第七题为什么不选C呢？