托福【阅读机经】：孩子认为戴眼镜有学问.doc

托福【阅读机经】：孩子认为戴眼镜有学问 小马过河为大家准备了“托福【阅读机经】：孩子认为戴眼镜有学问”，供各位备考托福的考生们参考使用，来提高自己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267 　　Children think other youngsters who wear glasses look smarter and are more honest than those who dont wear glasses, according to a U.S. study of 80 children. 　　In addition, the researchers found that children tend not to judge peers who wear glasses in terms of appearance, potential as a playmate, or likely athletic abilities. 　　These findings may help comfort children as theyre fitted for their first pair of glasses, lead author Jeffrey Walline, an assistant professor of optometry at Ohio State University, suggested in a prepared statement. 　　If the impression of looking smarter will appeal to a child, I would use that information and tell the child it is based on research. Most kids getting glasses for the first time are sensitive about how theyre going to look. Some kids simply refuse to wear glasses, because they think theyll look ugly, Walline said. 　　The study included 42 girls and 38 boys, aged 6 to 10. Of those, 30 wore glasses, 34 had at least one sibling with glasses, and almost two-thirds had at least one parent who wore glasses. 　　The study participants were shown 24 pairs of pictures of children. The children in each pair of pictures differed by gender and ethnicity, and each pair of pictures included one child with glasses and one child without glasses. 　　The children were asked a series of questions about each pair of photos. About two-thirds said children wearing glasses looked smarter than those without glasses, and 57 percent said children wearing glasses looked more honest. 　　The results suggest the media portrayals that associate glasses with intelligence may be reinforcing a stereotype that even young children accept, Walline said. 　　The childrens answers to other questions about who theyd rather play with, who looked better at sports, who looked more shy, and who was better looking werent consistent enough for the researchers to derive any soli