【今日阅读推荐】本篇阅读材料压力之下表现优异的秘密选自《时代》(原文标题:The Secret to Grace Under Pressure 2012.3.28)。如果大家觉得比较简单,就当作泛读材料了解了解,认识几个新单词或新表达方式也不错。如果大家觉得这些材料理解上有难度,不妨当做挑战自己的拔高训练,希望大家都有进步^^
The best way to psych yourself up for a test or presentation is to make it seem insignificant. Heres how:
How do you gear yourself up for a big test, an important presentation, or any other high-pressure situation? Maybe your internal monologue goes something like this: OK, this is really important. A lot is riding on this. Dont screw this up. How well I do on this really matters. Reminding yourself of the high stakes makes intuitive sense as a motivational strategybut it will actually impede your performance. Instead of spurring you to new heights, its likely to increase anxiety and undermine your confidence. Research shows that reminding yourself how unimportant the event is in the big scheme of things is a better tactic, and psychologists have come up with a variety of ingenious ways to help us do so.
Geoffrey Cohen, a professor at the Stanford University School of Education, conducted a series of experiments designed to reduce test-taking pressures felt by minorities but which wound up revealing a great strategy for everyone. In a 2006 study published in the journal Science, Cohen and his co-authors gave a group of seventh-graders an in-class assignment in which they were presented with a list of values and asked to choose which one was most important to them. The list included phrases like relationships with friends and family, religious values, athletic ability, and being good at art. The students then wrote a paragraph about why their value was important to them.
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