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Scientists have found that although we are prone to snap overreactions, if we take a moment and think about how we are likely to

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问题    Scientists have found that although we are prone to snap overreactions, if we take a moment and think about how we are likely to react, we can reduce or even eliminate the negative effects of our quick, hardwired responses.
   Snap decisions can be important defense mechanisms; if we are judging whether someone is dangerous, our brains and bodies are hard-wired to react very quickly, within milliseconds. But we need more time to assess other factors. To accurately tell whether someone is sociable, studies show, we need at least a minute, preferably five. It takes a while to judge complex aspects of personality, like neuroticism or open-mindedness.
   But snap decisions in reaction to rapid stimuli aren’t exclusive to the interpersonal realm. Psychologists at the University of Toronto found that viewing a fast-food logo for just a few milliseconds primes us to read 20 percent faster, even though reading has little to do with eating. We unconsciously associate fast food with speed and impatience and carry those impulses into whatever else we’re doing. Subjects exposed to fast-food flashes also tend to think a musical piece lasts too long.
   Yet we can reverse such influences. If we know we will overreact to consumer products or housing options when we see a happy face(one reason good sales representatives and real estate agents are always smiling), we can take a moment before buying. If we know female job screeners are more likely to reject attractive female applicants, we can help screeners understand their biases—or hire outside screeners.
   John Gottman, the marriage expert, explains that we quickly"thin slice" information reliably only after we ground such snap reactions in "thick sliced" long-term study. When Dr. Gottman really wants to assess whether a couple will stay together, he invites them to his island retreat for a much longer evaluation: two days, not two seconds.
   Our ability to mute our hard-wired reactions by pausing is what differentiates us from animals: dogs can think about the future only intermittently or for a few minutes. But historically we have spent about 12 percent of our days contemplating the longer term. Although technology might change the way we react, it hasn’t changed our nature. We still have the imaginative capacity to rise above temptation and reverse the high-speed trend.
John Gottman says that reliable snap reactions are based on
选项 A、critical assessment.
B、thin sliced study.
C、sensible explanation.
D、adequate information.
答案D
解析 细节题。根据关键词定位到第五段。第一句“这些快速反应只有建立在大量信息长期研 究的基础上，我们才能可靠而又快速地汲取‘薄片’信息”，据此可选出正确答案为D项。题干中 的base on与D项中的adequate information均是原文ground与long-term study的同义复现。 后面的例子“当Gottman确实想评估一对夫妇以后是否会在一起时，他会邀请他们去他的岛上 寓所以便更长期的评价：是两天，而不是两秒”也验证了此选项是正确的。A项“关键的评估”原 文没有提及，B项“‘切薄片’的研究”与原文意思相反，C项“明智的解释”原文没有提及。
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