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考点分类练(十二)主旨大意题(3)

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ItwasobviouswithPinocchio.Everytimehetoldalie,hisnosegrewlonger.Butfortherestofusinreallife,theresult

oftellingliesisn’tsoevident.Isitpossiblethatthereareunseenconsequencestodishonesty?

Sinceliesarecarriedbyspeech,andspeechoriginatesinthebrain,isitpossiblethattellingliesresultsinchangesinthe

brainthatarenotoutwardlyobservable?PsychologistsJuliaLeeandAshleyHardinwantedtofindout.

Drs.LeeandHardinsetupaseriesofstudiestoexplorethequestionofdishonesty,with250pairsofindividuals.Ineach

pair,onewasassignedthetaskofeitherlyingortellingthetruth.Theothermemberofthepairwasinstructedtoevaluatethe

emotionsofthelyingortruth-tellingpartner.Eachofthepartnerswasthenassignedthetaskofevaluatingtheemotionsof

theotherpartner.

Theresearchfoundthatsubjectswhowereaskedtobedishonestweresignificantlyworseatdetectingtheemotional

stateoftheirpartnersthanthosewhotoldthetruth.Surprisingly,thesmall,seeminglyunimportantmomentsofdishonesty

cloudedanindividual’sabilitytoreadtheemotionsofanotherindividuallateron.

Todeterminehowwelltheparticipantscouldreadotherpeople’semotions,theresearchersthenhadthesubjectswatcha

seriesofshortvideoclips.Intheclips,actorsexpressedawiderangeofemotionsintheirfacialexpressions,voices,andbody

languages.Theparticipantswerethenaskedtoidentifytheemotionalstateoftheactors.Onceagain,acrossallthe

experimentalstudies,theresearchersconsistentlyfoundthatthosewhoweretemptedto,andlikelydidlie,endedup

performingworseonthetestofempatheticaccuracythanthosewhodidn’tlie.

Weliveinaworldwherebusinesses,sociallife,andpersonalrelationshipsdependontheabilityofindividualsto

interactwellwithotherpeople.Andtointeractwiththemweoftenneedtobeabletodetermineth