Everyonehasgooddaysandbaddays.Sometimesyoufeelasifyou’reontopoftheworldandallthequestionsonyourmathstestmightseemeasy.Butoccasionallyyoufeelhorribleandyoulosethingsandcannotfocusonourschoolw
Everyonehasgooddaysandbaddays.
Sometimesyoufeelasifyou’reontopoftheworldandallthequestionsonyourmathstestmightseemeasy.Butoccasionallyyoufeelhorribleandyoulosethingsandcannotfocusonourschoolwork.
Formorethan20yearsscientistshavesuggestedthathighself-esteem(自尊)isthekeytosuccess.Nownewresearchshowsthatfocusingjustonbuildingself-esteemmaynotbehelpful.Insomecaseshavinghighself-esteemcanmakepeoplelesslikeableormoreupsetwhentheyfailinsomething.
“Forgetaboutself-esteem”saysJenniferCrockerapsychologistattheUniversityofMichiganUS.“It’snottheimportantthing.”
Feelinggood
Crocker’sadvicemaysoundabitstrange.Afterallfeelinggoodcanbegoodforyou.Studiesshowthatpeoplewithhighself-esteemarelesslikelytobedepressedanxiousshyorlonelythanthosewithlowself-esteem.
Howeverafterreviewingabout18000studiesonself-esteemRoyBaumeisterapsychologistatFloridaStateUniversityhasfoundthatbuildingupyourself-esteemwillnotnecessarilymakeyouabetterperson.
Hebelievesthatviolentpeopleoftenhavethehighestself-esteemofall.Healsosaid:“There’snoevidencethatkidswithhighself-esteemdobetterinschool.”
Problems
Alltypesofpeoplehaveproblems.Peoplewithhighself-esteemcanhavebigegos(自我)thatcanmakethemlesslikeablesaidKathleenVohsapsychologyprofessoratColumbiaUniversity.Peoplewithhighself-esteemtendtothinkmoreofthemselvesVOhssays.Peoplewithlowself-esteemaremorelikelytorelyontheirfriendswhentheyneedhelp.
Whattodo
Researcherssayitisbesttolistentoandsupportotherpeople.Findpositivewaystocontributetosociety.Ifyoufailinsomethingtrytolearnfromtheexperience.“Thebesttherapy(药方)istorecognizeyourfaults”Vohssays.“It’sOKtosay‘I’mnotsogoodatthat’andthenmoveon.”
1.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“ontopoftheworld”inParagraph2probablymean?
A．Quitehelpful. B．Extremelyhappy. C．Veryunlucky. D．Ratherupset.
2.Theconclusiondrawnfromthenewresearchshowsthathighself-esteem_____.
A．isnotimportantatall