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Everyone wants to be authentic. You want to be true to yourself, not a slavish follower of social expectations. You want to "liv

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问题     Everyone wants to be authentic. You want to be true to yourself, not a slavish follower of social expectations. You want to "live your best life," pursuing your particular desires, rather than falling in line with whatever everyone else thinks happiness requires. Studies have even shown that feelings of authenticity can go hand in hand with numerous psychological and social benefits: higher self-esteem, greater well-being, better romantic relationships and enhanced work performance.
    Although most people would define authenticity as acting in accordance with your own set of values and qualities, research has shown that people feel most authentic when they conform to a particular set of socially approved qualities, such as being extroverted, emotionally stable, conscientious, intellectual and agreeable. This is the paradox of authenticity: In order to reap the many of the benefits of feeling authentic, you may have to betray your true nature.
    From a psychological science standpoint, a person is considered authentic if he or she meets certain criteria. Authentic people have considerable self-knowledge and are motivated to learn more about themselves. They are equally interested in understanding their strengths and weaknesses, and they are willing to honestly reflect on feedback regardless of whether it is flattering or unflattering. Above all, authentic people behave in line with their unique values and qualities even if those characteristics may conflict with social conventions or other external influences.
    But a number of studies have shown that people’s feelings of authenticity are often shaped by something other than their loyalty to their unique qualities. Paradoxically, feelings of authenticity seem to be related to a kind of social conformity. The research also finds that people report feeling most authentic when their behavior confirms to a specific pattern of qualities: namely, when they are extroverted, emotionally stable, conscientious, intellectual and agreeable.
    So, when it comes time to actually make a judgment about our own authenticity, we may use criteria that are closer to how we judge the authenticity of an object such as food. A fruit tiramisu may be unique, but the authenticity of tiramisu is judged by its conformity to a conventional recipe. Similarly, it appears that the more we conform to social conventions about how a person should act, the more authentic we feel.
    We want to believe that authenticity will bring us benefits. It’s not surprising that businesses such as Microsoft, BlueCross BlueShield, and Gap have worked with consultants to leverage authenticity in the workplace. However, until we learn more about whether being authentic reaps the same benefits as feeling authentic, we are left with a tough decision between loyalty to our true selves and conformity to social convention.
What is the best title of this passage?
选项 A、Being Authentic—Everyone’s Desire
B、Traditional Ways of Being Authentic
C、The Inconvenient Truth about Authentic
D、Conformity to Social Convention
答案C
解析 本篇文章共六段，全文围绕真实性进行论证。其核心论据是大多数人心目中的真实的自我和感觉到的真实的自我之间的不一致，这种不一致恰好让我们陷入了艰难的抉择当中。文章最后一句until we learn more about whether being authentic reaps the same benefits as feeling authentic, we are left with a tough decision between loyalty to our true selves and conformity to social convention. (在我们了解变得真实是否能和感觉真实带来同样的好处之前，我们将要在忠于真实的自我和遵从社会惯例之间做出艰难的抉择)，故全文主旨强调做真实的自己可能要违背真我，顺从社会惯例，即为不便之处。该标题也是文章选文的原文标题。选项A的内容出自第一段段首，用于引出主题，跟下文关系不大，并非整篇文章的核心主旨，故排除；B项的内容来自文章中的细节，并非文章的主旨，故排除选项B；虽然文章提到，当我们遵循一些社会惯例的时候，我们会感到更真实，但文末提到要在顺从社会惯例和忠于自我之间做出艰难的抉择，可见作者并没有明说我们应该选择哪一方，故排除D项。
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