Higher cognitive abilities may come with

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问题 Higher cognitive abilities may come with a pitfall-a susceptibility to judging people based on stereotypes.A new study from New York University l that highly intelligent people are quicker to learn stereotypes and base decisions off them.It may come down 2 someone's ability to detect and encode patterns.It's not all bad news 3,as these high-intelligence people are likely to quickly update and 4 their ideas on stereotypes when introduced to new information.For the study,1,257 individuals were shown a(n)5 0f computerized male faces that were paired with a description of past behavior,either positive or negative However,the researchers manipulated avatar faces 6 people with noses that were purposely wider were associated with negative traits,7.those with more narrow noses were associated with positive traits.8this,individuals were asked to complete a task in 9 they had to trust an individual online who was represented by an avatar face 10 those the volunteers were shown in the trait association task.Individuals who 11 higher on pattern detection,12 0f higher intelligence,were also more likely to associate wider noses with negative traits,and were 13 likely to trust wide-nosed avatars in the final task.Pattern detection is an essential part of human intelligence,and is one of the main features that helped our brains evolve 14 what they are today,but the skill has its limits."Finding that higher pattern detection ability 15 people at greater risk to detect and apply stereotypes,but also to reverse them,implicates this ability as a cognitive mechanism 16 stereotyping,"added co-author Jonathan Freeman in a statement.While stereotypes can be useful and a way to avoid danger,17 associating police officers with safety or gunmen with danger,there are pitfalls t0 18 people based on a generally held idea.Stereotypes cause you to judge people 19.knowing anything about them-we wouldn't want others to do that to us,20 why not afford them the same Courtesy 6选?A.so thatB.now thatC.provided thatD.for fear that

选项 A.so that
B.now that
C.provided that
D.for fear that

答案 A

解析 本题考查句内语义逻辑十连词用法。空格句指出,研究人员操控了用户头像面孔,鼻子被刻意调整为更宽的那些人与负面特质相关,鼻子较窄者与正面特质相关。可以看出,空格后内容是“研究者操控头像面孔”的目的或结果,A.so that符合逻辑。
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