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B.Theresearchersusedonlinequestionnairestoobtaindata.
C.Thenotionthatobtainingexternalfeedbackaboutone'
sideasisessentialforincreasingcreativityisdeeplyrootedinsociety.
D.Themostimportantisthatwhenanorganizationstimulatesfeedbackseeking,itneedstoensurethattheworkenvironmentisexcellentenoughtousethebenefitsoffeedback.
E.Thequestion,however,iswhetherthesebeneficialeffectsalwaysoccur.
F.Thecreativeachievementswereassessedbytheirdirectmanagers.
Directions:
Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthesentencesinthebox.Eachsentencecanonlybeusedonce.Notethattherearetwosentencesmorethanyouneed.
Seekingfeedbacknotalwayssufficientforstimulatingcreativity
Itiswidelybelievedthatseekingfeedbackfromcolleagues,managers,friendsandfamilyenhancesemployees'
creativity.Butisthisalwaysthecase?
No,apositiveeffectdependsontheworkenvironment.ThisistheconclusionofnewjointresearchstudyledbyUAAworkandorganizationalpsychologistRoySijbom.
(67) Forexample,managersareencouragedtoengagecustomersinordertoconfirmwhethertheirbusinessmodelisworkableandscholarsattendconferencestoobtainfeedbackontheirresearchresults.Adefiniteassumptionisthatindividualswhohaveobtainedfeedbackwillalsoactually(beableto)useit.
“Theideaissimple:
seekingfeedbackfromdifferentsources--alsoknownasfeedbacksourcevariety--benefitsone'
screativitysinceitleadstoagreaterdiversityofviewpoints”,saysSijbom.“Andthemorediversetheviewpoints,themoreitbenefitsone'
screativitybecausebycombiningallthedifferentviewpointsnewperspectiveswillemergethatinturnwillresultinmorecreativity.(68) ”
Theresearchersexaminedhowspecificcharacteristicsoftheimmediateworkenvironmentinfluencetherelationshipbetweenfeedbacksourcevarietyandcreativeperformance.(69) Oneistherecognizedrateofchangeofperformancestandards.Theotheristheextenttowhichemployeesfeeltheyhavesufficienttimetodevelopcreativeideasatwork(experiencedcreativetimepressure).“Wediscoveredagrowingrelationshipbetweenthesearchforinputfromavarietyoffeedbacksourcesandcreativity,butonlywhenperformancestandards
withinanorganizationarechangingandwhenarelativelylowcreativetimepressureisexperienced”,saysSijbom.
67--70CEAD
Sijbomoffersseveralrecommendations:
“(70) Inamoreconcretesense,organizationscan,forexample,considerusingfeedbackworkshopsinwhichemployeesareencouragedtoreflectondiversefeedbackandequippedwithtechniquesandstrategiesonhowtoabsorbfeedbackintheirdailywork.Inaddition,managersshouldnotonlystimulatetheiremployeestoactivelycultivaterelationshipswithpotentialfeedbacksourceswithinandoutsidetheorganization,butalsoprovidesufficienttimetoprocessthefeedbackobtainedfromtheserelationships.”
【2018-崇明区-高三英语-二模】
A.Agereallyshouldbetreatedasjustanumber.
B.Feltagemightplayaroleinmorethanjusthowyoufeel.
C.Feelingyoungisaboutmaintainingvitalityasyougetolder.
D.Self-feltagehasthepotentialtochange,sointerventions(干预)maybepossible.
E.Andotherstudiessuggestthattherecouldbemorebenefitstothinkingyourselfyounger,besidesalongerlife.
F.Peoplewhofeelyoungerthanthenumberofyearstheyhaveontheclockgetmorepleasurethanpeoplewhofeeltheirage.
Readthefollowingpassage.Fillineachblankwithapropersentencegiveninthebox.Eachsentencecanbeusedonlyonce.Notethattherearetwomoresentencesthanyouneed.
FeelYoungatHeartandYou’llEnjoyaLongerLife
Age-liarsandbirthday-deniers...you’dbestlearnathingortwofromthosewhoareyoungatheart.Peoplewhofeelyoungerthantheiractualagemaylive longerthanthosewhofeelolderthantheytrulyare,anewstudysays.
67 Resultsfromthestudy,publishedintheJournaloftheAmericanMedicalAssociation,suggestthatpeoplewhofeelayearormoreolderthantheytrulyarecouldhavearound41percentgreaterriskfordeath.
Researcherslookedatnearly6,500olderadults,withanaverageageof65.8forthestudy.Around
70percentofthemfeltyoungerthantheywere,aboutaquarterfelttheirpreciseageandjustunder5percentfeltayearormoreolderthantheywere,whenasked“Howolddoyoufeelyouare?
”
Thosewhofeltolderthantheywerehadahigherdeathrateafterafollow-upperiodof99months.Whilejust14.3and18.5percentofpeoplewhofeltyoungerorfelttheirage,respectively,diedduringthose99months,24.6percentofthosewhofeltag