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From climate change to the ongoing pandemic (大流行病) and beyond, the issues facing today’s world are increasingly complex and dyna

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问题     From climate change to the ongoing pandemic (大流行病) and beyond, the issues facing today’s world are increasingly complex and dynamic. Yet solving problems like these requires new approaches that extend beyond traditional ways of thinking. A study led by Yale Professor of Psychology, Paul O’Keefe, found that having a growth mindset (思维倾向) of interest may spark this type of innovation.
    Professor O’Keefe established in earlier studies that people hold different beliefs about the nature of interest. Those with a growth mindset of interest tend to believe that interests can be developed and cultivated, while those with a fixed mindset of interest tend to believe that interests are inherent (与生俱有的) and simply need to be ’found. ’ Building on these findings, the latest research examined how a growth mindset of interest can boost integrative thinking across the traditional disciplinary boundaries of arts and sciences.
    For example, in one task, research participants were instructed to create new college majors by combining two or more existing academic Arts or Science programs at their university. After coding and analyzing the ideas they generated, the team found that people with a growth mindset of interest were more likely to bridge programs across the arts and sciences to create new majors like computational economics rather than creating majors that drew from only one of those areas, like computational chemistry.
    As Professor O’Keefe pointed out, "This research provides a useful direction for organizations whose products and services call for integrated and creative solutions. Take smartphones for example. You need not only computer science and engineering knowledge, but also an understanding of psychology and visual design to create a better product. Employees with a growth mindset may be more likely to devise innovative ideas that bridge multiple areas of knowledge to achieve better solutions."
    The benefits of a growth mindset of interest may also extend to those seeking employment. This is a pressing issue because many people are becoming unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Having a growth mindset of interest can help job seekers expand their interests and become more adaptable to different fields, and take the initiative to learn new skills.
What is the focus of Professor O’Keefe’s recent research?
选项 A、How boundaries can be removed between arts and science disciplines.
B、How feasible it is to create new disciplines like computational economics.
C、How students in arts and sciences view the two types of mindset of interest.
D、How a growth mindset of interest can contribute to cross-disciplinary thinking.
答案D
解析 细节辨认题。定位句指出，在这些发现的基础上，最新的研究检验了兴趣增长型思维是如何促进跨人文和科学的传统学科边界的综合性思维的。因此，奥基夫最近的研究重点即兴趣增长型思维模式如何促进跨学科思维，故答案为D)。定位句中提及跨越学科界限的综合性思维，而不是消除学科之间的界限，故排除A)；B)中提到的创造像计算经济学这样的新学科只是研究参与者的一项任务，并非奥基夫教授的研究主题，故排除B)；C)在文中未提及，故排除。
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