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Everyone wants to be authentic. You want to be true to yourself, not a slavish follower of social expectations. You want to "liv

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问题     Everyone wants to be authentic. You want to be true to yourself, not a slavish follower of social expectations. You want to "live your best life," pursuing your particular desires, rather than falling in line with whatever everyone else thinks happiness requires. Studies have even shown that feelings of authenticity can go hand in hand with numerous psychological and social benefits: higher self-esteem, greater well-being, better romantic relationships and enhanced work performance.
    Although most people would define authenticity as acting in accordance with your own set of values and qualities, research has shown that people feel most authentic when they conform to a particular set of socially approved qualities, such as being extroverted, emotionally stable, conscientious, intellectual and agreeable. This is the paradox of authenticity: In order to reap the many of the benefits of feeling authentic, you may have to betray your true nature.
    From a psychological science standpoint, a person is considered authentic if he or she meets certain criteria. Authentic people have considerable self-knowledge and are motivated to learn more about themselves. They are equally interested in understanding their strengths and weaknesses, and they are willing to honestly reflect on feedback regardless of whether it is flattering or unflattering. Above all, authentic people behave in line with their unique values and qualities even if those characteristics may conflict with social conventions or other external influences.
    But a number of studies have shown that people’s feelings of authenticity are often shaped by something other than their loyalty to their unique qualities. Paradoxically, feelings of authenticity seem to be related to a kind of social conformity. The research also finds that people report feeling most authentic when their behavior confirms to a specific pattern of qualities: namely, when they are extroverted, emotionally stable, conscientious, intellectual and agreeable.
    So, when it comes time to actually make a judgment about our own authenticity, we may use criteria that are closer to how we judge the authenticity of an object such as food. A fruit tiramisu may be unique, but the authenticity of tiramisu is judged by its conformity to a conventional recipe. Similarly, it appears that the more we conform to social conventions about how a person should act, the more authentic we feel.
    We want to believe that authenticity will bring us benefits. It’s not surprising that businesses such as Microsoft, BlueCross BlueShield, and Gap have worked with consultants to leverage authenticity in the workplace. However, until we learn more about whether being authentic reaps the same benefits as feeling authentic, we are left with a tough decision between loyalty to our true selves and conformity to social convention.
Which of the following qualities would people possess if they feel authentic?
选项 A、unique viewpoints
B、emotional instability
C、conscious judgment
D、outgoing personalities
答案D
解析 根据题干关键词qualities，authentic定位至第四段最后一句The research后面的宾语从句。原文中提到，人们感到真实时遵循的品质有：extroverted“外向的”；emotionally stable“情绪稳定的”；conscientious“尽职尽责的”；intellectual“聪明的”；agreeable“讨人喜欢的”。D项outgoing personalities与extroverted为同义替换，故为正确答案。文章前半部分提到大多数人认为真实就是具有自己独特的价值观和特点，但是多项研究表明，人们的行为符合一些特定品质的时候，人们会感到更加真实，故排除选项A；B项instability与原文中stable词义相反，故排除；C项conscious(有意识的)，与conscientious(认真的，负责的)是形近词，但词义完全不同，故排除。
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