Fromlosingweighttoquittingsmoking,eachDecemberpeoplearoundtheworldmakeaNewYear'sresolution(决心).Butstudieshaveshownthatdespitetheirbesteffort,mostwillfail.ProfessorPeterHerman,apsychologylecturerattheU
Fromlosingweighttoquittingsmoking,eachDecemberpeoplearoundtheworldmakeaNewYear'sresolution(决心).Butstudieshaveshownthatdespitetheirbesteffort,mostwillfail.
ProfessorPeterHerman,apsychologylecturerattheUniversityofTorontosaysthatthereasonswhyresolutionsfailareclear."Theyarenotrealisticinsomeorallofthefollowingrespects:peoplethinkthattheycanchangethemselvesmorequickly;theythinkthattheycanchangemuchmorethananyoneelse;ortheythinktheycanchangeeverythingmoreeasily."
ProfessorHermansuggeststhattheissuemaybeacycleoffailureandrenewedeffort.whichhecalls"thefalse-hopesyndrome"(虚妄期盼综合征).Thecyclebeginswithadifficultself-changetask.suchasovereatingorsmoking-commonyetrarelysuccessfulchanges.Whilepeoplemaymakesomeinitialprogressinthetask,eventuallytheyfailtoachievetheirgoal.Havingfailed,theyinterprettheirfailuretoconvincethemselvesthatwithafewadjustmentstheywillsucceed.Finally,theybegintoembarkonanotherattempt,andthecyclerepeats.
Inhispaperonthetopic,ProfessorHermanandhisco-author,JanetPolivy,write,"Peopletendtomakethesameresolutionsyearafteryear,vowingonaveragel0timestogetridofaparticularvice(恶习)."Obviously,everyrenewedvowrepresentsacertainfailure;otherwise,therewouldbenoneedforyetanotherattempt.Equallyobviously,unsuccessfulattemptsdonotdecreasethechanceofmakingfuturepallsforself-change.Eventhosewhoarefinallysuccessfulatstickingtotheirresolutionsmaketheattemptfiveorsixtimesonaveragebeforesucceeding.
Expectingtomakeabreakthroughisnotagoodway,soProfessorHermansaysthatthebestwayofstickingtoyourresolutionistoexpectthechangeslittlebylittleratherthanamajortransformation.HetoldMailOnline,"Oftenthismeansscalingback(缩减)yourresolutiontosomethingthatisactuallymanageable."
32.WhydomostpeoplefailintheirNewYear'sresolutionsaccordingtoProfessorHerman?___
A.Theydoesn'tdotheirbestatall.
B.Theymakeunrealisticresolutions.
C.Theywanttostayunchanged.
D.Theychangethemfrequently.