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題干：Theadage"likeakidatheart"maybetruerthanwethink,sinceanewresearchisshowingthatgrown-upsaremoreimmaturethanever.Specifically,itseemsagrowingnumberofpeopleareretainingthebehaviorsandattitudesassociatedwithyouth.Asaconsequence,manyolderpeoplesimplyneverachievementaladulthood,accordingtoaleadingexpertonevolutionarypsychiatry.Amongscientists,thephenomenoniscalledpsychologicalneoteny.Thetheory’screatorisBruceCharlton,aprofessorintheSchoolofBiologyattheUniversityofNewcastleuponTyne,England.Charltonexplainedthathumanshaveaninherentattractiontophysicalyouth,sinceitcanbeasignoffertility,healthandvitality.Inthemid-20thcentury,however,anotherforcekickedin,duetoincreasingneedforindividualstochangejobs,learnnewskills,movetonewplacesandmakenewfriends.Achild-likeflexibilityofattitudes,behaviorsandknowledgeisprobablyadaptivetotheincreasedinstabilityofthemodernworld.Formaleducationnowextendswellpastphysicalmaturity,leavingstudentswithmindsthatare,hesaid,“unfinished”.Whenformaleducationcontinuesintotheearlytwenties,itprobably,toanextent,counteractstheattainmentofpsychologicalmaturity,whichwouldotherwiseoccurataboutthisage.Charltonpointedoutthepastculturesoftenmarkedtheadventofadulthoodwithinitiationceremonies.Whilethehumanmindrespondstonewinformationoverthecourseofanyindividual’slifetime,Charltonarguesthatpastphysicalenvironmentsweremorestableandallowedforastateofpsychologicalmaturity.Inhunter-gatherersocieties,thatmaturitywasprobablyachievedduringaperson’slateteensorearlytwenties.Bycontrast,manymodernadultsfailtoattainthismaturity,andsuchfailureiscommonandindeedcharacteristicofhighlyeducatedand,onthewhole,effectiveandsociallyvaluablepeople.Peoplesuchasacademics,teachers,scientistsandmanyotherprofessionalsareoftenstrikinglyimmatureoutsideoftheirstrictlyspecialistcompetenceinthesenseofbeingunpredictable,unbalancedinpriorities,andtendingtooverreact.Charltonaddedthatsincemodernculturesnowfavorcognitiveflexibility,“immature”peopletendtothriveandsucceed,andhavesetthetonenotonlyforcontemporarylife,butalsoforthefuture,whenitispossiblethatourgenesmayevenchangeasaresultofthepsychologicalshift.Thefaultsofyouthareretainedalongwiththevirtues,hebelieves.Theseincludeshortattentionspan,sensationandnovelty-seeking,shortcyclesofarbitraryfashionandasenseofculturalshallowness.Atleastyouthfulnessisnolongerrestrictedtoyouth,hesaid,duetooverallimprovementsinfoodandhealthcare,alongwithcosmetictechnologies.DavidBrooks,asocialcommentatorandacolumnistatTheNewYorkTimes,hasdocumentedasomewhatrelatedphenomenonconcerningthecurrentblurringofthebourgeoisworldofcapitalismandthebohemiancounterculture,whichCharltonbelievesisaversionofpsychologicalneoteny.Brooksbelievessuchindividualshavelostthewisdomandmaturityoftheirbourgeoispredecessorsduetomoreemphasisplacedonexpertise,flexibilityandvitality.
題目： Psychological adulthood was more easily achieved in a more primitive society in that（）. - A 、people had different sites of scientific interest
- B 、people did not have to respond to new situations
- C 、people had to live on their own after the initiation ceremonies
- D 、there was less instability during an individual’s lifetime
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參考答案【正確答案：D】
本題的答案出自文章第三段，題干中的the primitive society等同于文中的the past physical environment。 第二句話提到“雖然在每個人整個一生中，人的心智都會對新信息做出反應，但是查爾頓認為，過去的現(xiàn)實環(huán)境更為穩(wěn)定，有利于心理成熟狀態(tài)的形成?！币虼舜鸢甘荄。
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