1 . If you’re putting together a team for a project, you might tend to pick people with cheerful, optimistic characters and flexible thinking. But a new management study indicates your team might also benefit from people who have the opposite emotions (情感), according to experts from some universities.
The study, co-authored by Jing Zhou, investigates (研究) the effects of "team affective (情感的) diversity" on team creativity. The paper is among the first research to show how, why and under what condition teams "affective diversity" promotes team creativity
Team members with what researchers call "negative affect" exhibit critical and continuous thinking that allows them to find problems needing solutions, as well as to search out and critically evaluate relevant information. On the other hand, team members with "positive affect" engage in broad and flexible thinking that expands their range of information and helps them see unusual and creative connections, the researchers say.
"At any given point of time, some team members may experience positive affect such as joy and inspiration, while others may experience negative affect such as frustration and worry," Zhou said. "Instead of trying to homogenize (使类同) team members' affect, teams should enthusiastically accept affective diversity.”
When a team experiences a high level of this "affective diversity", what Zhou describes as "dual-tuning (双调谐)" leads to greater creativity.
"Our study suggests that teams may be aided in using their affective diversity via involvements that focus on building the team's memory system, which can be accelerated when team members spend time together, share goals, receive information about member specializations and train on the task together," Zhou said.
1. What is the new management study about?A.Teams benefit more from negative people. |
B.People with cheerful characters make good teams |
C.Teams only benefit from people with flexible thinking |
D.People with negative feelings might also benefit teams. |
A.By addressing problems more efficiently | B.By assessing related materials seriously. |
C.By encouraging broad and complicated thinking. | D.By investigating unusual and creative connections |
A.By balancing team members' different emotions | B.By inspiring a high level of the affective diversity. |
C.By praising positive affect like joy and inspiration. | D.By avoiding negative affect like sadness and worry. |
A.Use Your Team's Emotions to Promote Creativity | B.Win Great Creativity by Searching for Its Reasons |
C.Create an Excellent Team with Optimistic People | D.Homogenize Team Members' Affect Enthusiastically |
A New Addition to the Family
For the initial ten years of his life, Victor was the prince of the household. As he was an only child, his parents petted him and showered all their love and attention on him. Whatever toys his parents bought, they were always meant for him. Whatever food was in the refrigerator, there was no one to compete with him to polish it off first. Victor could leave his toys or books around the house with complete ease of mind, knowing that there was no one who would get their hands on his belongings and cause any damage.
However, all that was to change overnight when Victor’s parents brought back his new baby sister, Lina, from the hospital. With her rosy cheeks, wide open eyes and angelic smile, Lina caught the hearts of her parents, grandparents and relatives. Everyone focused their attention on the cute bunch of joy. Whenever she cried, her mother or father would rush to her bed. She simply cried because she wanted to be carried. There was little time left for Victor.
Now that Victor’s mother had his baby sister to take care of, she expected Victor himself to do most of the chores he can do. Victor was asked to clean his own room, iron his own school uniform and clean his own shoes. Before Lina’s arrival, he had never lifted a finger to help out with these tasks. The whole family also went out less because it was unhealthy to expose Lina to the bacteria(细菌) being in the outside world too often.
Victor felt neglected by his parents. He felt that they loved Lina more than him. As a result, he tried to attract his parents’ attention by becoming resistant. One evening, Victor’s parents were called up by his teacher because Victor had got into a fight at school. His teacher had noticed Victor’s behaviour and work attitude changing downwards in the past two months. Before that, he had been a model student.
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Upon hearing the teacher’s feedback, Victor’s parents got lost in thought.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Victor realized that his parents still cared for him.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3 . I’m an American-born Chinese. I wouldn’t say I’m more American than Chinese or vice versa. My character was equally molded by both cultures. For a long time, I was comfortable with being from two cultures. I was fluent in “Chinglish”.
However, as I grew up, something unexpected rose, causing a parallel tension between the two corresponding cultures. During Chinese events when I was in China, the host would sometimes make fun of America. My relatives would look at me and laugh, asking me how I felt. But how could I respond to a question like that? If I said I was uncomfortable, it would just make me seem even more American in their eyes. But I couldn’t pretend to laugh either. So, I often just stayed quiet and smiled.
Sometimes, I’d leave China feeling less Chinese than when I went in.
This past summer, on my way back to Rochester, a man at the airport kept asking my father and I where we were from. When I told him I was from the United States, he didn’t seem to believe me.
He then went on to ask the terrible question, “But like where are you really from, like, where were you born?” And no matter how specific our answers were, the man still seemed a little doubtful. He then went on to ask us if we knew where Tampa, Florida was and if we knew anything about it. It’s moments like these when I realize that sometimes my appearance makes it hard for me to seem fully American.
These experiences made me question if I was more Chinese or American.
I felt like I was neither. So, if I wasn’t completely one culture or the other, what was I? In China, I would feel more American, while in America, I would feel more Chinese. There was no balance between my two cultures.
But this doesn’t mean that I don’t embrace (拥抱) both my identities. I love both my Chinese cultural identity and my American one. I just need to learn to love them together.
1. How did the author feel about his identity at the very beginning?A.Special. | B.Confident. | C.Confused. | D.Ridiculous. |
A.Because he found it hard to remain quiet and have a big smile. |
B.Because he was unable to speak fluent Chinese at his hometown. |
C.Because he had lost face in front of his relatives and friends. |
D.Because he was treated as an American by his Chinese relatives. |
A.His cultures. | B.His experience. | C.His look. | D.His air tickets. |
A.Being Culturally Homeless | B.A Boy with Two Identities |
C.A Chinese Boy Born in American | D.Better Chinese than American |
4 . When I was a teenager I took part in a six-week summer learning program-Upward Bound at a college. It helped disadvantaged kids get a
I was gangly (身材瘦长的),
In this life we all
A.notice | B.taste | C.wish | D.book |
A.taught | B.escaped | C.searched | D.attended |
A.jobs | B.ideas | C.activities | D.speeches |
A.break | B.sleep | C.task | D.experiment |
A.found | B.donated | C.lost | D.repaired |
A.eating | B.gaining | C.weighing | D.sharing |
A.heavier | B.slower | C.cleaner | D.taller |
A.advantage | B.skills | C.interest | D.spirits |
A.nervous | B.delighted | C.determined | D.curious |
A.hide | B.catch | C.follow | D.protect |
A.hurt | B.mattered | C.worked | D.grew |
A.shouting | B.promising | C.proving | D.apologizing |
A.crying | B.pushing | C.laughing | D.talking |
A.cheek | B.arm | C.ear | D.hand |
A.willingly | B.frequently | C.gradually | D.personally |
A.confirmed | B.stated | C.represented | D.planned |
A.focus on | B.deal with | C.pick out | D.cut off |
A.courage | B.forgiveness | C.confidence | D.honesty |
A.knowledge | B.mistake | C.pain | D.calmness |
A.attitude | B.covering | C.greeting | D.smile |
5 . When I left a company and started my own business, I thought I had it all figured out. When I made the decision to change my
During the next three years, I was
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"So, stop juggling and put something
I wrote down everything I was juggling. My calendar was so filled with duties that I
I've learned to be
A.announcement | B.routine | C.lifestyle | D.choice |
A.Speeding up | B.Slowing down | C.Showing off | D.Calming down |
A.careful | B.satisfied | C.familiar | D.busy |
A.seemed | B.happened | C.failed | D.refused |
A.inspired | B.frightened | C.tired | D.confused |
A.symptoms | B.pictures | C.treats | D.secrets |
A.reflecting | B.cleaning | C.scheduling | D.reading |
A.endangered | B.worsened | C.threatened | D.fastened |
A.business | B.dilemma | C.advice | D.disease |
A.remarks | B.hellos | C.presents | D.cards |
A.judge | B.go | C.try | D.admit |
A.heavy | B.productive | C.meaningful | D.fancy |
A.back | B.up | C.down | D.off |
A.luckily | B.hardly | C.hopefully | D.regularly |
A.book | B.situation | C.form | D.list |
A.decided | B.promised | C.continued | D.hesitated |
A.avoided | B.hated | C.started | D.recommended |
A.relax | B.explore | C.work | D.socialize |
A.true | B.honest | C.open | D.kind |
A.persuade | B.enjoy | C.know | D.teach |