首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
For the past five years, Dr. Stephen Post has been funding research projects that test how altruism (selflessness), compassion,
For the past five years, Dr. Stephen Post has been funding research projects that test how altruism (selflessness), compassion,
admin
2015-07-13
47
问题
For the past five years, Dr. Stephen Post has been funding research projects that test how altruism (selflessness), compassion, and giving affect people’s lives and well-being. As head of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love(IRUL), at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, he has sponsored more than 50 studies by scientists from 54 major universities. In a wide range of disciplines—from public health to human development to neuroscience, sociology, and evolutionary biology—the studies have demonstrated that love and caring expressed in doing good for others lead people to have healthier, happier, and even longer lives.
IRUL research is part of a significant shift under way within key scientific disciplines from focusing just on the deficit or disease model of human nature to studying the positive, virtuous, and thriving aspects. In the process, the research is broadening the understanding of what contributes to health and longevity. Even some in evolutionary biology, a field long known for proclaiming "the selfish gene," are on board.
"A lot of my colleagues view it very positively," says David Sloan Wilson, a prominent evolutionary biologist famous for his work on "group selection." Dr.Wilson has studied how altruistic teenagers fare within differing social environments—situations where they thrive and others where they are under great stress—as well as group altruism. He praises the institute for identifying and supporting "a neglected set of subjects" for research.
Research on people diagnosed with various illnesses—whether it be HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, or alcoholism-revealed that those patients involved in counseling or otherwise serving others show greater improvement in their own health. Volunteerism studies have demonstrated such positive results that some people have called for doctors to prescribe volunteer activities. Post emphasizes, however, that it’s not just the activity itself, but the feelings behind the acts that benefit those taking part.
Numerous studies on the brain have provided images that confirm the "helper’s high"—the warm glow that people feel from helping activities. But Post doesn’t conclude that it’s the selfish pursuit of that high that spurs people to be givers. "It’s not just from the chemicals. There is this neurological activity in the human body," he says, "but I think there is a spiritual presence that enlivens and elevates this kind of natural substrate." The institute will then turn very practical, Post says, taking all that has been learned about love and seeing "how it can be applied in interventions to make the world a better place."
The phrase "helper’s high" (Para. 5) most probably means _____.
选项
A、the excitement of helping others
B、the pleasure of doing favors
C、the thrill of pursuing happiness
D、the passion of offering help
答案
B
解析
词义理解题。helper’s high是一个陌生词组,但破折号后面就是对它的解释,意为“人们在帮助别人时体验到的温暖欢愉之感”。B项“做好事的愉悦感”最符合此义。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/l074777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Thestarsignhasbecomepopularamongyoungpeople.Tohelpstudentsgainsomeacademicknowledgeofit,theStudents’Unionis
Lettingitoutmaybebadforyouremotionalhealth.Manypeopleassumethatsharingfeelingsopenlyandoftenisapositiveide
Lettingitoutmaybebadforyouremotionalhealth.Manypeopleassumethatsharingfeelingsopenlyandoftenisapositiveide
TherearemoredifferencesbetweentheUnitedStatesandJapanthanconflictingvaluesduringWorldWarII.Culturalandsocieta
PLUSloansareapprovedforsomeparentswhocannotaffordtorepaythem,severalcollegefinancialaidofficersandfinancially
Howmuchdoesaplaneticketreallycost?Justadecadeago,whenmostairfaresincludedacheckedbagandtheabilitytoreserv
Howmuchdoesaplaneticketreallycost?Justadecadeago,whenmostairfaresincludedacheckedbagandtheabilitytoreserv
Languagemeansthatwehaveself-consciousness,whichmakesusauniquespeciesabletocontrolourselvesandourenvironmentsi
Ifthetechnologicalrevolutioncontinuestohaveitseffects,therewillbefewerandfewerjobsavailable,particularlytosc
随机试题
男性,30岁,因食管疤痕狭窄,吞咽困难加重,近月来仅能饮少量流质,感口渴乏力,有幻觉,脉搏细数,血压80/60mmHg,可能发生的情况是【】
结核性脑膜炎病变最明显的部位是
体温节律性变化的周期
对聚乙二醇性质与应用叙述不正确的是
基坑验槽方法通常主要采用()为主。
某银行因为张某是市长的儿子向其提供无息贷款,该合同属于()
有一位先哲说过:“一个人的性格就是他的命运。”这说明人格具有()。
管制价格存在什么不良影响?
奇虎与金山之间的不正当竞争纠纷由来已久。去年5月,金山就曾起诉奇虎360引导用户卸载其旗下产品构成不正当竞争。而8月10日下午,奇虎状告金山不正当竞争案又在北京市海淀区人民法院开庭审理,此案中奇虎向金山提出了220余万元经济赔偿的要求。最能准确概括上述文字
以下选项中,不合法的VisualBasic的变量名是
最新回复
(
0
)