GWD7-Q7

mayce

  If, in fact, people are selfish and

rational, then the proposer should offer

the smallest possible share, while the

responder should accept any offer,

(20) 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

(25) 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’

(30) 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

(35) as much as three times the subjects’

average monthly income, and still

responders refused offers that they

deemed too small.

The author refers to the sum of one dollar (line 21) in order to
    举例作用题   

1. question the notion that the amount of money involved significantly affected players’ behavior

2. provide an example of one of the rare offers made by proposers that was less than 20 percent

3. illustrate the rationality of accepting even a very small offer

4. suggest a reason that responders rejected offers that were less than 20 percent

5. challenge the conclusion that a selfish and rational proposer should offer a
        responder the smallest possible share

答案是B 为什么不能选E 啊？谁能把意思解释一下，谢谢，有点晕！

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-8-4 18:58:29编辑过]

mayce

up！

mejor

答案就是E，不是B。

alohame

太不负责任了！答案是C！