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9 . Highly sensitive person, or HSP, is a term coined by psychologist Elaine Aron. According to research, in every five people, there’s one HSP.
The power of insensitivity can be interpreted as “sluggish (迟缓的) power”. Usually, people associate “insensitivity” with something bad, but insensitivity does not equal dullness.
To practice insensitivity, the first step is to avoid overthinking. Resist the urge to overanalyze situations, and redirect your focus towards actionable steps within your control. Secondly, don’t pay too much attention to the ups and downs of life at the moment. Rather, you should be looking forward. Additionally, set clear boundaries.
As a unique wisdom of life, the power of insensitivity gives completely new inspiration to modern people. Once you become a bit “blunt” and slow down the pace, you will feel more comfortable.
| A．Everyone can obtain the ability to be insensitive. |
| B．That’s where the need to be insensitive comes from. |
| C．It emphasizes determination when it comes to difficulties. |
| D．Avoid focusing too much on what others are doing or thinking. |
| E．Regarding relationships, learn to view the problem as two parts. |
| F．Being a highly sensitive person can come with many challenges. |
| G．Why can insensitivity allow a person to better adapt in a competitive environment? |
10 . Most of us don’t have any memories from the first three to four years of our lives. And when we do try to think back to our earliest memories, it’s often unclear whether they are the real thing or just recollections based on photos or stories told to us by others. The phenomenon (现象), known as “childhood amnesia”, has been puzzling psychologists for more than a century—and we still don’t fully understand it.
At first glance, it may seem that the reason we don’t remember being babies is that babies don’t have a fully developed memory. But babies as young as six months can form both short-term memories that last for minutes and long-term memories that last weeks. In one study, six-month-olds who learned how to press a button to operate a toy train remembered how to perform this action for two to three weeks after they had last seen the toy. Preschoolers can remember events that go years back.
Of course, memory capabilities at these ages are not adult-like. In fact, developmental changes in basic memory processes have been put forward as an explanation for childhood amnesia. These basic processes involve several brain regions and include forming, maintaining and then later retrieving (检索) the memory. For example, the hippocampus, thought to be responsible for forming memories, continues developing until the age of seven. The typical boundary for the offset of childhood amnesia—three and a half years—changes with age. Children and teenagers have earlier memories than adults do. This suggests that the problem may be less with forming memories than with maintaining them.
But this does not seem to be the whole story; language also plays a role. From the ages of one to six, children progress from the one-word stage of speaking to becoming fluent in their native language(s), so there are major changes in their verbal (言语的) ability that overlap with the childhood amnesia period. This includes using the past tense, and memory-related words such as “remember” and “forget”.
It’s true to some extent that a child’s ability to verbalize about an event at the time that it happened predicts how well they remember it months or years later. One lab group conducted this work by interviewing young children brought to accident and emergency departments for common childhood injuries. Those over 26 months, who could verbalize about the event at the time, recalled (回忆起) it up to five years later, while those under 26 months, who could not talk about it, recalled little or nothing.
Even if we can’t clearly remember specific events from when we were very young, their accumulation, however, leaves lasting tracks that influence our behavior. The first few years of life are forgettable and yet powerful in shaping the adults that we become.
1. According to the passage, childhood amnesia refers to ________.| A．inability to recall early childhood experiences | B．difficulty children have forming memories |
| C．concern about the truth of early memories | D．loss of memory abilities in the childhood |
| A．Have a lot in common with. | B．Happen at the same time as. |
| C．Play an important role in. | D．Are closely related to. |
| A．Children start to form long-term memories at 26 months. |
| B．Children’s ability to recall specific events increases with age. |
| C．Preverbal memories may be lost if they are not translated into language. |
| D．Injuries probably influence how well children verbalize about events. |
| A．Childhood amnesia: How memory works in kids |
| B．The brain and memory: How memories are formed |
| C．Verbal ability: Why it matters in the memory process |
| D．The forgotten childhood: Why early memories disappear |
