We rose tint our memories and put ourselves into self-affirming situations. We become defensive when criticized, and apply negative stereotypes to others to boost our own esteem, we stalk around thinking we’re hot stuff.
Psychologist and behavioral scientist Nicholas Epley oversaw a key studying into self-enhancement and attractiveness. Rather that have people simply rate their beauty compress with others, he asked them to identify an original photogragh of themselves’ from a lineup including versions that had been altered to appear more and less attractive. Visual recognition, reads the study, is “an automatic psychological process occurring rapidly and intuitively with little or no apparent conscious deliberation”. If the subjects quickly chose a falsely flattering image- which must did- they genuinely believed it was really how they looked. Epley found no significant gender difference in responses. Nor was there any evidence that, those who self-enhance the must (that is, the participants who thought the most positively doctored picture were real) were doing so to make up for profound insecurities. In fact those who thought that the images higher up the attractiveness scale were real directly corresponded with those who showed other makers for having higher self-esteem. “I don’t think the findings that we having have are any evidence of personal delusion”, says Epley. “It’s a reflection simply of people generally thinking well of themselves’. If you are depressed, you won’t be self-enhancing. Knowing the results of Epley ‘s study,it makes sense that why people heat photographs of themselves Viscerally-on one level, they don’t even recognise the person in the picture as themselves, Facebook therefore ,is a self-enhancer’s paradise,where people can share only the most flattering photos, the cream of their wit ,style. ,beauty, intellect and lifestyle. it’s not that people’s profiles are dishonest,says catalina toma of Wiscon—Madison university ,”but they portray an idealized version of themselves.
According to the first paragraph, social psychologist have found that ______ .
A.our self-ratings are unrealistically high
B.illusory superiority is baseless effect
C.our need for leadership is unnatural
D.self-enhancing strategies are ineffective
Visual recognition is believed to be people’s______ .A.rapid watching
B.conscious choice
C.intuitive response
D.automatic self-defence
Epley found that people with higher self-esteem tended to______ .A.underestimate their insecurities
B.believe in their attractiveness
C.cover up their depressions
D.oversimplify their illusions
The word “Viscerally”(Line 2,para.5) is closest in meaning to_____.A.instinctively
B.occasionally
C.particularly
D.aggressively
It can be inferred that Facebook is self-enhancer’s paradise because people can _____.A.present their dishonest profiles
B.define their traditional life styles
C.share their intellectual pursuits
D.withhold their unflattering sides
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第1题
This article most probably appeared in
A.a government document.
B.a news magazine.
C.a scientific research paper.
D.a textbook of environmental science.
第3题
The word "expertise" in line 3 could be best replaced by
A."experts".
B."scientists".
C."scholars".
D."special knowledge".
第4题
The word "expertise" in line 3 could be best replaced by
A."experts".
B."scientists".
C."scholars".
D."special knowledge".
第5题
The common use of unpiloted balloons is
A.for military purposes.
B.for pleasure.
C.for scientific research.
D.for sports.
第6题
What is the main idea of the passage?
A) It is unwise to place the results of scientific research in the hands of a powerful mad man.
B) The more knowledge one has, the wiser one becomes.
C) Any increase of knowledge could lead to disastrous results without the guidance of wisdom.
D) Wisdom increases in proportion to one’s age.
第7题
The word "expertise" in line 3 could be best replaced by
A."experts".
B."scientists".
C.scholars".
D."special knowledge".
第8题
The author imply that ______.
A.The US's Monsanto agreed with the results of Chinese scientists study
B.GM cotton is an ideal crop
C.The US's Monsanto dismissed the research for its own profit
D.Cotton bollworm has no resistance to Bt cotton over time
第9题
A.The scientist is too timid to exchange seats.
B.The broken seat distresses the scientist's liver.
C.It's the first time the scientist be ashen and distraught.
D.No one sits in the seat facing the scientist.
第10题
It can be inferred from the third paragraph that ______.
A.the public's ignorance of scientific research results in attacks on science
B.a measure of mankind's humanity is taken into account
C.confusion and contradiction result from vulnerable campaigns
D.the debate is bound to aggravate in the next decade
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