2014年考研英语二真题及答案解析(精)(11)

gnition, reads the study, is “an automatic psychological process occurring rapidly and intuitively with little or no apparent conscious deliberation”. If the subjects quickly chose a falsely flattering image- which must did- they genuinely believed it was really how they looked. Epley found no significant gender difference in responses. Nor was there any evidence that, those who self-enhance the must (that is, the participants who thought the most positively doctored picture were real) were doing so to make up for profound insecurities. In fact those who thought that the images higher up the attractiveness scale were real directly corresponded with those who showed other makers for having higher self-esteem. “I don t think the findings that we having have are any evidence of personal delusion”, says Epley. “It s a reflection simply of people generally thinking well of themselves . If you are depressed, you won t be self-enhancing. Knowing the results of Epley s study,it makes sense that why people heat photographs of themselves Viscerally-on one level, they don t even recognise the person in the picture as themselves, Facebook therefore ,is a self-enhancer s paradise,where people can share only the most flattering photos, the cream of their wit ,style ,beauty, intellect and lifestyle it s not that people s profiles are dishonest,says catalina toma of Wiscon—Madison university ,”but they portray an idealized version of themselves.

26. According to the first paragraph, social psychologist have found that ______.

[A] our self-ratings are unrealistically high

[B] illusory superiority is baseless effect

[C] our need for leadership is unnatural

[D] self-enhancing strategies are ineffective