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In the early 20th century, a horse named Clever Hans was believed capable of counting and other impressive mental tasks. After y
In the early 20th century, a horse named Clever Hans was believed capable of counting and other impressive mental tasks. After y
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2016-01-05
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In the early 20th century, a horse named Clever Hans was believed capable of counting and other impressive mental tasks. After years of great performance, psychologists discovered that though Hans was certainly clever, he was not clever in the way that everyone expected. The horse was cleverly picking up on tiny, unintentional bodily and facial signals given out not only by his trainer, but also by the audience. Aware of the "Clever Hans" effect, Lisa Lit at the University of California and her colleagues wondered whether the beliefs of professional dog handlers might similarly affect the outcomes of searches for drugs and explosives. Remarkably, Dr. Lit found, they do.
Dr. Lit asked 18 professional dog handlers and their dogs to complete brief searches. Before the searches, the handlers were informed that some of the search areas might contain up to three target scents, and also that in two cases those scents would be marked by pieces of red paper. What the handlers were not told was that none of the search areas contained the scents of either drugs or explosives. Any "detections" made by the teams thus had to be false.
The findings reveal that of 144 searches, only 21 were clean(no alerts). All the others raised one alert or more. In total, the teams raised 225 alerts. While the sheer number of false alerts struck Dr. Lit as fascinating , it was where they took place that was of greatest interest.
When handlers could see a red piece of paper, allegedly marking a location of interest, they were much more likely to say that their dogs signalled an alert. The human handlers were not only distracted on almost every occasion by the stimulus aimed at them, but also transmitted that distraction to their animals—who responded accordingly. To mix metaphors, the dogs were crying "wolf at the unconscious signal of their handlers.
How much that matters in the real world is unclear. But it might. If a handler, for example, unconsciously "profiled" people being sniffed by a drug—or explosive-detecting dog at an airport, false positives could abound. That is not only bad for innocent travellers, but might distract the team from catching the guilty.
Lisa Lit and her colleagues
选项
A、questioned the "Clever Hands" effect.
B、discovered the "Clever Hands" effect.
C、confirmed the "Clever Hands" effect.
D、rejected the "Clever Hands" effect.
答案
C
解析
细节题。根据文章第一段最后两句Aware of the“Clever Hands”effect,Lisa Lit at the…Dr.Lit found,they do.可知,加利福尼亚大学的莉莎·利特及其同事想知道专业训犬师的信念能否同样影响稽查毒品和爆炸物的结果。后来莉莎·利特博士发现它们确实能够影响搜查结果。所以,正确答案是C项。
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考研英语一
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