Science Daily (May 1S, 2012) - People who rate themselves as having high emotional intelligence (El) tend to overestimate (高估) their ability to detect deception(欺骗) in others. This is the finding of a paper published in the journal Legal and Criminological Psychology on 18 May 2012.
Professor Stephen Porter. director of the Centre for the Advancement of Psychological Science and Law at University of British Columbia Canada along with colleagues Dr. Leanne Brinke and Alysha Baker used a standard questionnaire to measure the EI of 116 participants.
These participants were then asked to view 20 videos from around the world of people pleading (祈求) for the safe return of a missing family member. In half the videos the person making the plea was responsible for the missing person's disappearance or murder.
The participants were asked to judge whether the pleas were honest or deceptive say how much confidence they had in their judgments, report the clues (线索) they had used to make those judgments and rate their emotional response to each plea.
Professor Porter found that higher EI was associated with overconfidence in assessing the sincerity of the pleas and sympathetic feelings towards people in the videos who turned out to be responsible for the disappearance.
Although EI, in general, was not associated with being better or worse at telling the difference between truths and lies. people with a higher ability to notice and express emotion (a component of EI) were not so good at spotting when people were telling lies.
Professor Porter says: "Taken together, these findings suggest findings features of emotional intelligence and the decision-making processes they lead to may nave the paradoxical (适得其反的) effect of weakening people's ability to detect deception."
"These findings are important because El is a well-accepted concept and is used in a variety of fields, including the workplace"
1.Which of the following is true about the study and its findings?
A. EI has something to do with telling truths and 1ies.
B. The participants were asked to identify liars on the spot.
C. The participants had to tell reasons for their judgments.
D. Those confident participants all made wrong judgments.
2.According to Professor Porter's finding, people with higher EI
A. were actually less confident
B. were easy to be cheated for their kindness
C. had sympathy for the missing people
D. were good at spotting deception
3.What does the underlined word "they" refer to?
A. Features of EI B. People with high Ef C. The findings D. The researchers
4.Workplace is specially mentioned in the last paragraph to ______.
A. indicate that people with high EI are mostly adults
B. indicate that EI is very important in the workplace
C. warn employers not to trust employees with high EI
D. warn people with high EI of deception in the workplace
5.What is the best title for the passage?
A. How to detect deception in our daily life.
B. The disadvantages of high emotional intelligence.
C. The relationship between one's El and recognition.
D. Emotionally intelligent people are less good at spotting liars.
On my first visit to India with my husband, we met a really nice woman named Uma on the plane. Talking with her made the long flight much faster.
When we arrived. we learned that our bags had not made the trip with our plane. As we were filling out the luggage forms, we couldn't help noticing the mountain of unclaimed baggage in a corner. Would we see our belongings again? This was not a good beginning of our 6-week trip.
It was now 4 am Saturday morning. The officials had told us there was no in checking to see if our bags had arrived until Monday. What should we do next? we stood there wondering, Uma came over. Learning of our , she said. "Our driver will soon be here to me up. Come home with me."
We entered the steamy early scene outside. Lots of people were waiting for their loved ones. calling their names and them into warm hugs as they reconnected. minutes, Uma said, "There's our car!" We piled into the small car, already with family members who had come to Uma home.
At the house, Uma's family took us in we had known one another for a long time. They fed us delicious Indian meals, took us on of their city and brought us to their favorite temples. On morning. their driver brought us to the airport, where we were happy to find our bags, and sound.
What a gift Uma's was! In my very first moments on Indian soil. I learned an unforgettable lesson about the warm, generous of the Indian people. Uma had begun achain reaction that we did our best to on wherever we went.
1.A. go ahead B. go by C. go up D. go through
2.A. anyhow B. somehow C. anyway D. however
3.A. missing B. losing C. gone D. stolen
4.A. seldom B. forever C. even D. ever
5.A. trouble B. problem C. point D. use
6.A. Before B. After C. As D. Since
7.A. situation B. condition C. suggestion D. conclusion
8.A. call B. pick C. get D. bring
9.A. morning B. afternoon C. night D. evening
10.A. putting B. turning C. collecting D. gathering
11.A. For B. By C. Within D. During
12.A. covered B. crowded C. compared D. charged
13.A. see B. bring C. send D. welcome
14.A. even though B. as if C. in case D. now that
15.A. tours B. journeys C. voyages D. travels
16.A. Friday B. Saturday C. Monday D. Sunday
17.A. quiet B. good C. heavy D. safe
18.A. kindness B. politeness C. bravery D. carefulness
19.A. action B. spirit C. state D. deed
20.A. depend B. put C. pass D. turn
I will go to Beijing on business tomorrow, do you have anything ____ to your son studying in Peking University?
A. to be taken B. to take C. taken D. being taken
--- Could you please tell me the answer to this question?
--- ______ It is not my style to help people cheat.
A. No problem B. No way
C. No wonder D. No doubt
______ in the repair shop, he drove his brother's instead.
A. Repaired B. Repairing
C. Being repaired D. His car being repaired
It was in the business meeting that I made the _____ of Mr. Black.
A . association B. acknowledgement C. acquaintance D. recognition