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ShynessMayBePartlyInherited
About92millionAmericansareshyandaccordingtorecentresearchabouthalfoftheminheritedthe
trait.
ThestudieswerediscussedattheAmericanPsychologicalConvention.
OnestudybyHarvardUniversitywasofbabies21-48monthsold.Itconcludedthatthesebabies
hadahighheartratewhenshownunfamiliarpeopleordifferenttoys.
Althoughshynessisnotnewithasonlyrecentlybecomeofinterestto
researchers.Thefirststudyonthegeneticconnectionwasin1979.
AccordingtoWarrenJonesoftheUniversityofTulsasocialrelationsthesedaysaremorecomplex."Withlessritual(仪式)andmorecomplexsituations"hesaid"shynessisanationalconcern."
Notallshypeopleareanxiousandfearfulaccordingtoanotherstudy.Evidenceshowsthatonlyhalf
ofshypeoplearetenseworriedandfearfulinsocialsituations.
ManymenuseshynessasanexcuseforfailinginsocialsituationsaccordingtoC.R.Snyderofthe
UniversityofKansas."Thisisnottrueoffemales.Perhaps
Americanmenarepressuredtobeassertive(自信的)andsuccessful.Sotheywouldrathersaythey're
shythanadmitthey'reincompetent."
Shypeoplemaydoverywellsociallyafterthefirstmeetingwithsomeone.In
factshypeopletendtobemorestable.
Thepsychologistssaidshynessseemstobecultural.Japanhasthehighestrating.ChinaandIsrael
havethelowestrating.TheUnitedStatesratedinthemiddle.
1.Theword"trait"inthefirstparagraphmeans______
A.way
B.tradition
C.character
D.possession
2.Thosebabiesstudiedwere______whentheysawunfamiliarpeopleordifferent toys.
A.tenseorfearful
B.calm
C.asusual
D.stable
3.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisWrong?
A.Researchersbegantostudyshynesswhenitwasknowntothem.
B.AccordingtoWarrenJonesshynesshadsomethingtodowithsocialrelations
C.Someshypeopleareanxiousandfearfulsomenot.
D.Shynesscanperhapsmakepeopledoverywellsocial
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