Timeandhowweexperienceithavealwayspuzzledus.Physicistshavecreatedfascinatingtheoriesbuttheirtimeismeasuredbyapendulum(钟摆)andisnotpsychologicaltimewhichleapswithlittleregardtotheclockorcalendar
Timeandhowweexperienceithavealwayspuzzledus.Physicistshavecreatedfascinatingtheoriesbuttheirtimeismeasuredbyapendulum(钟摆)andisnotpsychologicaltimewhichleapswithlittleregardtotheclockorcalendar.Assome-onewhounderstoodthedistinctionobserved"Whenyousitwithanicegirlfortwohoursitseemslikeaminutebutwhenyousitonahotstoveaminuteseemsliketwohours."
Psychologistshavelongnoticedthatlargerunitsoftimesuchasmonthsandyearsflyonswifterwingsasweage.Theyalsonotethatthemoretimeisstructuredwithschedulesandappointmentsthemorerapidlyitseemstopass.Forexampleadayattheofficefliescomparedwithadayatthebeach.Sincemostofusspendfewerdaysatthebeachandmoreattheofficeasweageanincreaseinstructuredtunecouldwellbetoblameforwhytimeseemstospeedupaswegrowolder.
Expectationandfamiliarityalsomaketimeseemtoflowmorerapidly.Almostallofushavehadtheexperienceofdrivingsomewherewe’veneverbeenbefore.Surroundedbyunfamiliarscenerywithnorealideaofwhenwe’llarriveweexperiencethetripaslastingalongtime.Butthereturntripalthoughexactlyaslongseemstotakefarlesstime.Thenoveltyoftheoutwardjourneyhasbecomeroutine.Thustakingadifferentrouteonoccasionscanoftenhelpslowtheclock.
Whenwasbecomeasidenticalasidenticalasbeads(小珠子)onastringtheymixtogetherandevenmonthsbecomeasingleday.Tocounterthistrytofindwaystointerruptthestructureofyourday—tostoptimesotospeak.
Learningsomethingnewisoneofthewaystoslowthepassageoftime.Oneofthereasonsthedaysofouryouthseemssofullandlongisthatthesearethedaysoflearninganddiscovery.Formanyofuslearningendswhenweleaveschoolbutthisdoesn’thavetobe.
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A.psychologicaltimeisquitepuzzlingB.timeshouldnotbemeasuredbyapendulumC.physicaltimeisdifferentfrompsychologicaltimeD.physicaltheoryhasnothingtodowiththetruesenseoftime【小题2】Whydounitsoftimeflyfasteraswegrowolder?A.Oursenseoftimechanges.