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Americansgetwiserwithage.Japanesearewisefromthestart.
ONEstereotypeofwisdomisawizenedZen-mastersmilingbenevolentlyattheanticsofhispupils,whilereferringtothemaslittlegrasshoppersorsomesuchaffectation,safeintheknowledgethatonedaythey,too,willhavebeensetonthepaththatleadstowizenedmasterhood.Butisittruethatagebringswisdom?AstudytwoyearsagoinNorthAmerica,byIgorGrossmannoftheUniversityofWaterloo,inCanada,suggestedthatitis.Inasmuchasitispossibletoquantifywisdom,DrGrossmannfoundthatelderlyAmericanshadmoreofitthanyoungsters.Hehas,however,nowextendedhisinvestigationtoAsia—thelandofthewizenedZen-master—and,inparticular,toJapan.There,hefound,incontrasttotheWest,thatthegrasshoppersaretheirmasters’equalsalmostfromthebeginning.
stereotypen.刻板印象;老套
benevolentadj.仁慈的;亲切的;仁爱的
DrGrossmann’sstudy,justpublishedinPsychologicalScience,recruited186Japanesefromvariouswalksoflifeandcomparedthemwith225Americans.Participantswereaskedtoreadaseriesofpretendnewspaperarticles.Halfdescribedconflictbetweengroups,suchasadebatebetweenresidentsofanimpoverishedPacificislandoverwhethertoallowforeignoilcompaniestooperatetherefollowingthediscoveryofpetroleum.(Thoseinfavourvieweditasanopportunitytogetrich;thoseagainstfearedthedisruptionofancientwaysandpotentialecologicaldamage.)Theotherhalftooktheformofadvicecolumnsthatdealtwithconflictsbetweenindividuals:siblings,friendsandspouses.Afterreadingeacharticle,participantswereasked“Whatdoyouthinkwillhappenafterthat?”and“Whydoyouthinkitwillhappenthisway?”Theirresponseswererecordedandtranscribed.
walksoflife各界;各行各业
impoverishedadj.穷困的;用尽了的,无创造性的
infavor赞同;偏向
disruptionn.破坏;毁坏
siblingn.兄弟姐妹
spousen.配偶
DrGrossmannandhiscolleaguesremovedage-relatedinformationfromthetranscripts,andalsoanycluestoparticipants’nationalities,andthenpassedtheeditedversionstoagroupofassessors.Theseassessorsweretrainedtoratetranscribedresponsesconsistently,andhadbeentestedtoshowthattheirratingswerestatisticallycomparablewithoneanother.
Theassessorsscoredparticipants’responsesonascaleofonetothree.Thisattemptedtocapturethedegreetowhichtheydiscussedwhatpsychologistsconsiderfivecrucialaspectsofwisereasoning:willingnesstoseekopportunitiestoresolveconflict;willingnesstosearchforcompromise;recognitionofthelimitsofpersonalknowledge;awarenessthatmorethanoneperspectiveonaproblemcanexist;andappreciationofthefactthatthingsmaygetworsebeforetheygetbetter.
compromisen.妥协
Ascoreofoneonanyaspectindicatedaparticipantgavenoconsiderationtoit.Ascoreoftwoindicatedsomeconsideration.Ascoreofthreeindicatedagreatdealofconsideration.Eachparticipant’sscoreswerethenaddedupandmathematicallytransformedtocreateanoverallvaluewithinarangeofzeroto100forbothinterpersonalandintergroupwisdom.
Theupshotwasthat,asDrGrossmannhadfoundbefore,Americansdogetwiserwithage.Theirintergroupwisdomscoreaveraged45attheageof25and55at75.Theirinterpersonalscoresimilarlyclimbedfrom46to50.Japanesescores,bycontrast,hardlyvariedwithage.Both25-year-oldsand75-year-oldshadanaverageintergroupwisdomof51.Forinterpersonalwisdom,itwas53and52.
Takenatfacevalue,theseresultssuggestJapaneselearnwisdomfasterthanAmericans.Oneup,then,tothewizenedZen-masters.Buttheyalsosuggestaparadox.Generally,Americaisseenasanindividualisticsociety,whereasJapanisquitecollectivist.YetJapanesehavehigherscoresthanAmericansforthesortofinterpersonalwisdomyoumightthinkwouldbeusefulinanindividualisticsociety.Americans,bycontrast—atleastinthematurityofoldage—havemoreintergroupwisdomthanthepurportedlycollectivistJapanese.Perhaps,then,youneedindividualskillswhensocietyiscollective,andsocialoneswhenitisindividualistic.Allofwhichgoestoshowthattherealrootofwisdomisthis:donotassume,littlegrasshopper,thatyourprejudicesarecorrect.
paradoxn.悖论;似是而非的观点
1.What'sthefindingofDrGrossmann'sresearch?
2.Whatarethecrucialaspectsofwisereasoning?
1.Americansgetwiserwithage.Japanesearewisefromthestart.
2.willingnesstoseekopportunitiestoresolveconflict;willingnesstosearchforcompromise;recognitionofthelimitsofpersonalknowledge;awarenessthatmorethanoneperspectiveonaproblemcanexist;andappreciationofthefactthatthingsmaygetworsebeforetheygetbetter.
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