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Psychologists take opposite views of how external rewards, from warm praise to cold cash, affect motivation and creativity. Beha

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问题    Psychologists take opposite views of how external rewards, from warm praise to cold cash, affect motivation and creativity. Behaviorists, who study the relation between actions and their consequences, argue that rewards can improve performance at work and school. Cognitive researchers, who study various aspects of mental life, maintain that rewards often destroy creativity by encouraging dependence on approval and gifts from others.
   The【C1】______view had gained many supporters, especially among【C2】______. But the careful use of small monetary rewards【C3】______creativity in grade-school children,【C4】______that properly presented inducements indeed aid【C5】______, according to a【C6】______in the June Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
   "If kids know they’re working for a reward and can【C7】______on a relatively challenging task,【C8】______show the most creativity," says Robert Eisenberger of the University of Delaware in Newark.
   "But it’s easy to【C9】______creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or【C10】______too much anticipation for rewards."
   A teacher who【C11】______draws attention to rewards or who hands out high grades for ordinary achievement【C12】______up with uninspired students, Eisenberger holds.【C13】______an example of the latter point, he notes【C14】______efforts at major universities to【C15】______grading standards and【C16】______failing grades.
   In earlier grades, the use of so-called token economies, in【C17】______students handle【C18】______problems and receive performance-based points toward valued rewards, shows【C19】______in raising effort and creativity, the Delaware psychologist【C20】______.
【C14】
选项 A、expanding
B、decreasing
C、declining
D、growing
答案D
解析 这题的选择要经过一系列的推理。句中提到的the latter point，即前面所说学生成绩平平却获得高分数会导致学生不思进取，有鉴于此，大学越来越努力地严格其评分标准，重新设立不及格评分档。基于以上认识，此题要选择D，即growing。注意expanding是指尺寸的扩大或多占空间。
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