科学美国人60秒 SSS 2014-09-01
时间：2019-01-20 作者：英语课 分类：2014年Scientific American(九)月
英语课
Here’s an easy way to find out if someone is a narcissist 1. Just ask them. That’s according to a study in the journal PLoS One.
Researchers posed the following question to more than two thousand people: “To what extent do you agree with this statement: I am a narcissist.”
The researchers also provided participants with a definition of narcissist: egotistical, self-focused and vain. Not traits most people would want to be associated with—unless of course you’re a narcissist.
A small percentage of the study subjects said they were. Most said they were not.
Then, researchers had the volunteers fill out a lengthy 2 narcissism 3 clinical assessment 4. Those who had rated themselves high on the narcissism scale also scored high on the assessment.
After eleven rounds of tests, the researchers concluded that when the full 40-question clinical questionnaire could not be done, the Single Item Narcissism Scale, or SINS, “To what extent do you agree with this statement: I am a narcissist,” was a valuable tool.
Seems that there isn’t much mystery when narcissists themselves are asked to self-identify. Yes, they may be narcissists—but they aren’t clueless.
n.自我陶醉者
- Don't get caught in the trap of always trying to please a narcissist. 不要让自己一直陷入讨好自恋者的困境中。 来自互联网
adj.漫长的，冗长的
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
- The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。
n.自我陶醉，自恋
- Those who suffer from narcissism become self-absorbed.自恋的人会变得自私。
- The collective narcissism of the Kerouac circle is ultimately boring.凯鲁亚克和他周围人物的集体自我陶醉欲最终使人厌烦不已。
n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？