新概念雙語：7個問題看你對負(fù)面情緒的敏感度

We can measure a key aspect of your personality with just seven questions. Please rate the following on a scale from 1 (very false) to 4 (very true):

我們可以僅僅通過7個問題，就能估量出你性格的關(guān)鍵方面。你可以通過下面的問題為自己打分，由極不符合到非常符合，1~4分不等。

1)If something bad is about to happen, I’m usually afraid or nervous.

1)如果不好的事情將要發(fā)生，我通常是害怕或者緊張的。

2)I get quite hurt by criticism or getting told off.

2)在被批評或責(zé)備后，我會覺得很受傷。

3)I get quite worried or upset when somebody seems to be angry with me.

3)有人要對我生氣時，我會很郁悶不開心。

4)I usually get quite worked up if I think something unpleasant is going to happen.

4)如果我想到有什么不好的事情將要發(fā)生的話，我通常會變得相當(dāng)激動。

5)I worry when I’ve done badly at something important.

5)如果我把重要的事情辦得很糟糕，我會很擔(dān)心。

6)I am more fearful than my friends.

6)我比我的朋友更膽小。

7)I worry about making mistakes.

7)我害怕犯錯誤。

Add up your scores to measure your behavioural inhibition system (BIS). This system – one of two aspects of Jeffrey Alan Gray’s biopsychological theory of personality – is involved in avoiding things that are boring, painful, new and scary or otherwise unpleasant. The average score is around 18 for men and 21 for women. People with a high score are sensitive to such unpleasantness and go out of their way to avoid it. They also show high levels of anxiety when escape from such a situation is difficult.

測試的分?jǐn)?shù)總和可以看出你的行為抑制系統(tǒng)。這個系統(tǒng)——是杰弗里·艾倫·格雷的生理心理學(xué)人格理論兩個方面的其中之一——它涉及到，避免那些無聊、令人不痛快的、新遇到的、令人害怕的或者其他不開心的事情。男士的平均分是18分左右，女士為21分左右。得分較高的人對這些負(fù)面情緒比較敏感，而且需要找到方法避免這種敏感。當(dāng)他們發(fā)現(xiàn)逃離這種情形很困難時，通常也會表現(xiàn)出更強(qiáng)烈的焦慮感。

Interestingly, two recent studies have found that left-handers score higher on this questionnaire than right-handers. Similarly, left-handed marmosets are more fearful of approaching new food than right-handers and freeze for longer when they hear an eagle. This is because the brain systems responsible for the BIS are largely in right hemisphere, which is dominant in left-handers.

有趣的是，兩項最近的研究已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)，慣用左手的人在這份問卷中的得分要高于慣用右手的人。相似地，慣用左手的小猿在接近新食品時比慣用右手的更加膽怯，聽到鷹叫時僵硬的時間更久。這是因為大腦系統(tǒng)對行為抑制系統(tǒng)的反應(yīng)，更多的是在右腦，而右腦主導(dǎo)左手。