New research from Holland suggests that good conversational flow has a powerful effect on people's feelings of self-esteem and belonging,and that even brief――just four seconds long――silences during a conversation are enough…,as Tom Jacobs puts it in Miller-McCune: "Conversational flow is associated with positive emtions ,and a heightened sense of belonging,self-esteem,social validation and consensus,"a research team led by psychologist Namkje Koudenburg writes in the Journal of Experimental social psychology."Disrupting the flow by a brief silence produces feeling of rejection and negative emotions." For the study,researchers performed two experiments in which they studied participants' responses to awkward silences.In this first,102 college students read one of two s
the words that can best complete the sentence"…silences during aconversation are enough…"are that
- A、to let the speaker know it's time for the end
- B、to have the audience rethink what they have heard
- C、to make the speaker feel negative and rejected
- D、to inspire the speaker to talk about what the audience like
正确答案:C
答案解析:有
The phrase“faux pas”(Line 1,para.4)probably means
- A、a mess
- B、an inappropriate expression
- C、an insensible response
- D、an foolish mistake
正确答案:B
答案解析:有
According to the passage,why did social rejection mean alot to people in the past?
- A、They depended heavily on others to survive.
- B、They had a much deeper fear of being rejected by their peers.
- C、They needed high self-esteem and others' support to succeed.
- D、Their mind state decided their willing to get accepted by others.
正确答案:A
答案解析:有
What is the passage mainly talking about?
- A、The different consequences of good and bad conversational flows.
- B、The negative influence of the silence on people in a conversation.
- C、The different roles social rejection plays in today and in the past.
- D、The various experiment results concerning the conversational habits.
正确答案:B
答案解析:有
what learn from the second expression?
- A、People's sensitivity to silence in a conversation is unconscious
- B、Even the audience may suffer from the silence in a conversation
- C、People can build their respect and self-esteem in aconversation
- D、Positive response from the audience can activate theaudience
正确答案:A
答案解析:有
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