(二)教学内容 1.主要内容 3-1 Consumer preferences 3-2 Assumptions about preferences 3-3 Indifference curves 34 ample of preferences Well-behaved preferences 3-6 The marginal rate of substitution 3-7 Other interpretations of the MRS 3-8 Behavior of the mrs 3.9 Relationshin he en Preference and Socialist Core Values 2.基本概念和知识点 基本概念 Strictly preferred Strictly prefers Indifferent Weakly prefers Complete Reflexive Transitive Ind ifference curves Perfect substitute Perfect compliments Neutral good Satiation Discrete good Well-he ed indiffe ce curves Marginal rate of substitution(MRS) Marginal willingness to pay Diminishing marginal rate of substitution 知识点 (1).Economists assume that a consumer can rank various consumption possibilities.The way in which the consumer ranks the consumption undles describes the onsumers prefere (2).Indifference curvescan be used to depict different kindsof preferences. (3).Well-behaved preferences are monotonic(meaning more is better)and convex(meaning averages are preferred to extremes). (4).The marginal rate of substitution(MRS)measures the slope of the indifference curve.This can be interpreted as how much the consumer is willing to give up of good 2 to acquire more of good 1. 课后练习 1.If both pepperoni and anchovies are bads,will the indifference curve have a positive or negative slope? 2.If good I is a"neutral",what is its marginal rate or substitution for good 2? (四)教学方法与手段 课堂讲授与讨论。5 （二） 教学内容 1. 主要内容 3-1 Consumer preferences 3-2 Assumptions about preferences 3-3 Indifference curves 3-4 Example of preferences 3-5 Well-behaved preferences 3-6 The marginal rate of substitution 3-7 Other interpretations of the MRS 3-8 Behavior of the MRS 3-9 Relationship between Preference and Socialist Core Values 2. 基本概念和知识点 基本概念 Strictly preferred Strictly prefers Indifferent Weakly prefers Complete Reflexive Transitive Indifference curves Perfect substitute Perfect compliments Neutral good Satiation Discrete good Well-behaved indifference curves Monotonicity Marginal rate of substitution (MRS) Marginal willingness to pay Diminishing marginal rate of substitution 知识点 (1). Economists assume that a consumer can rank various consumption possibilities. The way in which the consumer ranks the consumption bundles describes the consumer's preferences. (2). Indifference curves can be used to depict different kinds of preferences. (3). Well-behaved preferences are monotonic (meaning more is better) and convex (meaning averages are preferred to extremes). (4). The marginal rate of substitution (MRS) measures the slope of the indifference curve. This can be interpreted as how much the consumer is willing to give up of good 2 to acquire more of good 1. （三） 课后练习 1. If both pepperoni and anchovies are bads, will the indifference curve have a positive or negative slope? 2. If good 1 is a “neutral”, what is its marginal rate or substitution for good 2? （四） 教学方法与手段 课堂讲授与讨论