Can we turn negative thoughts like “I never do anything right” into positive one

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Can we turn negative thoughts like “I never do anything right” into positive ones like “I can succeed”? Is there power in positive thinking? Rearchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply emphasize how unhappy they are． The study’s authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by referring to older rearch showing that when people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel wor, not better．If you tell your friend that he may be an Einstein, you’re just underlining his faults．In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write passages opposing funding for the disabled．When they were later praid for their sympathy, they felt even wor about what they had written． In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students’ lf-esteem（自尊）．The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes．Every 15 conds, one group of students heard a bell．When it rang, they were suppod to tell themlves, “I am lovable．” Tho with low lf-esteem didn’t feel better after the experiment．In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than tho of members of the control group, who weren’t urged to think positive thoughts． The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy（心理治疗） that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them．In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things wor．Meditation（静思） techniques, on the contrary, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a large, more realistic perspective（视野）．Call it the power of negative thinking．小题1:The Canadian rearchers find that _____．A．encouraging positive thinking may do more harm than goodB．there can be no simple cure for psychological problemsC．unhappy people cannot think positivelyD．the power of positive thinking is limited小题2:What does the author mean by “… you’re just underlining his faults”（Line4, Para3）?A．You are not taking his mistakes riously enough．B．You are pointing out the mistakes he has made．C．You are emphasizing the fact that he is not clever．D．You are trying to make him feel better about his faults．小题3:What do we learn from the experiment of Wood, Lee and Perunovic?A．It is important for people to continually improve their lf-esteem．B．Thinking positively can bring a positive change to one’s mood．C．People with low lf-esteem ldom write down their true feelings．D．Forcing a person to think positive thoughts may lower their lf-esteem．小题4:What do we learn from the last paragraph?A．The effects of positive thinking vary from person to person．B．Meditation may prove to be a good form of psychotherapy．C．Different people tend to have different ways of thinking．D．People can avoid making mistakes through meditation． 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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人生感悟类阅读的概念：

生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。

生活感悟类阅读解题指导：

一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。