【名词&注释】
形象思维(thinking in images)、根深蒂固(inveteracy)、灵长类动物(primate)、粗枝大叶(carelessness)、马勒伯朗士(malebranche)、澳大利亚昆士兰州(queensland australia)、见异思迁(variety seeking)、本质上的区别、行为主义者(behaviorist)、深入分析(deep analysis)
[多选题]材料:1992年,在澳大利亚昆士兰州,人们开始将鱼投入水中供野生海豚食用。1998年,海豚们开始回报人类,它们不时地将鱼扔上码头。在这件有趣的事情里,人类的投食意图非常明显,但动物们又是怎么想的呢?早在19世纪,英国生物学家达尔文(1809-1882)就认为动物和人类的智力只有程度上而非本质上的区别。在其晚年的著作《人类和动物的感情表达》中,他详细研究了鸟类、家畜、灵长类动物以及不同人的喜悦、爱和悲伤。达尔文对待动物的态度,尽管很容易被那些每天接触狗、马或老鼠的人们所认同,却违背了当时欧洲根深蒂固的观念一一动物完全没有思想。这种古老的观念源于17世纪法国哲学家笛卡尔的学说:人是理智的生灵,与上帝的思想相连,而动物只是肉体机器。笛卡尔的追随者之一,17世纪法国神学家和哲学家马勒伯朗士因此这样描述动物:"不因食物而快乐,不因痛苦而哭泣,成长而不自知,它们无欲无求,无所畏惧,一无所知。"在20世纪的大部分时间里,生物学界更忠于笛卡尔而非达尔文的学说。尽管动物行为学的学者们并没有排除动物具有思想的可能性,但是却认为思考这个问题几乎无关紧要,因为它无法回答。人们可以研究动物的输入(如食物和环境)或输出(行为),但动物本身仍然是一个黑匣子一一情绪或思想等不可观察的东西超越了客观调查的范畴。一位"行为主义者(behaviorist)"因此在1992年写道:"在任何试图了解动物行为的尝试中,都应当极力避免认为动物具有意识思维,因为这是无法检测且空洞的……"然而,这些关于动物的狭隘想法却受到了前所未有的反对。1976年,美国学者唐纳德·格里芬不畏阻碍,出版了《动物的觉知问题》一书,认为动物确实能够思考,而且这种能力应该受到适当的科学研究。此后的数十年间,野外和实验室的大量研究工作推动了远离行为主义、接近达尔文观点的共识。然而研究进展仍然艰难而缓慢。正如行为主义者(behaviorist)所警告过的,这两种研究类型的证据都可能具有误导性:虽然实验室中进行的实验是严谨的,但动物在实验室中的表现难免异于野外:野外观察则可能由于一些显见的局限性而不易被接受一一尽管有的野外观察持续数年甚至几十年之久,并在一定程度上防范了缺乏严谨性的问题,但这样的研究并不多见。尽管如此,现在大多数科学家认为他们可以满怀信心地说:有些动物确实以有意识的精神体验方式处理信息和表达感情。他们一致认为:大鼠、小鼠、鹦鹉和座头鲸等动物有着复杂的思维能力:一些物种具有曾被认为只属于人类的特性,例如为物品命名和使用工具的能力;还有少数动物,如灵长类动物、鸦科(乌鸦家族)和鲸类(鲸和海豚),具有一些人类眼中接近于文化的东西,借此它们形成了通过模仿和示范向后代传递信息和能力的独特行为方式。没有任何动物能够单独拥有所有的人类心智特性,但是几乎所有单一的人类心智特性都存在于某种动上。
(摘编自《动物有思想吗?》翻译黄森)
问题:
(1)人们对动物是否有思想这一问题的认识,经历了哪些阶段性的认识?请结合文本,简要概括。(4分)
(2)文章认为现阶段应如何推进动物心智的研究,请结合文本,简要分析。(10分)
A. 参考答案:(1)人们对动物是否有思想这一问题的认识经历了三个阶段。第一阶段为17世纪至20世纪大部分时间,人们更忠于哲学家笛卡尔学说,欧洲根深蒂固的理念,即动物完全没有思想。(1分)第二阶段为19世纪,达尔文提出了动物和人类的智力只有程度上而非本质上的区别。(1分)第三阶段为1976年后,美国学者唐纳德提出动物能够思考的观点,随后数十年间大量的野外和实验室的研究工作接近了达尔文的观点。(2分)(2)在现阶段,人们可以通过研究动物的输入(如食物的环境)或输出(行为),来对动物的心智特性进行研究。(3分)第一,现阶段的研究应该将实验室与野外研究结合起来,避免两者的不足,融合两者的优点。(3分)第二,利用动物有意识的精神体验方式处理信息和表达感情的特点来推动对动物的心智特性的研究。如对灵长类动物善于模仿和示范向后代传递信息和能力的独特行为方式进行研究等。(4分)
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[单选题]课堂上杨老师对某个问题的解释有错误,学生指出后,杨老师不但没有批评,反而表扬该学生善于思考,具有质疑精神。下列说法中不恰当的是( )。
A. 杨老师注重培养学生的反思能力
B. 杨老师注重培养学生自我评价能力
C. 杨老师注重培养学生创新能力
D. 杨老师注重培养学生求异思维能力
[单选题]讲授法的基本方式有( )。
A. 讲读、讲述、讲解、报告
B. 讲读、讲述、讲解、讲演
C. 讲读、讲述、讲演、谈话
D. 讲读、讲述、讲解、讨论
[单选题]在一定的时间内,人不能感觉到所有的刺激,而仅仅感受能够引起注意的少数刺激,这就是知觉的( )。
A. 选择性
B. 恒常性
C. 理解性
D. 整体性
[单选题]"一题多解"和"一事多写"旨在培养学生的( )。
A. 形象思维
B. 抽象思维
C. 聚合思维
D. 发散思维
[单选题]某人动作敏捷,表情丰富,遇事灵活,情感外漏而不深刻,兴趣广泛而不稳定,她的气质属于( )。
A. 粘液质
B. 胆汁质
C. 抑郁质
D. 多血质
[单选题]做好班主任工作的前提是( )。
A. 组织建立良好的班集体
B. 了解和研究学生
C. 树立良好的集体舆论
D. 做好班级工作计划
[单选题]班主任及时把学生生病、请假离校或缺课等情况与家长沟通,这是班主任安全防护职责中的( )。
A. 安全教育职责
B. 安全告知职责
C. 安全告诫职责
D. 安全防范职责
[单选题] Like most people, I've long understood that I will be judged by my occupation, that my profession is a gauge people use to see how smart or talented I am. Recently, however, I was disappointed to see that it also decides how I'm treated as a person.
Last year I left a professional position as a small-town reporter and took a job waiting tables. As someone paid to serve food to people, I had customers say and do things to me I suspect they'd never say or do to their most casual acquaintances. One night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away, then beckoned me back with his finger a minute later, complaining he was ready to order and asking where I'd been.
I had waited tables during summers in college and was treated like a peon by plenty of people. But at 19 years old, I believed I deserved inferior treatment from professional adults. Besides, people responded to me differently after I told them I was in college. Customers would joke that one day I'd be sitting at their table, waiting to be served.
Once I graduated I took a job at a community newspaper. From my first day, I heard a respectful tone from everyone who called me. I assumed this was the way the professional world worked-cordially.
I soon found out differently, I sat several feet away from an advertising sales representative with a similar name. Our calls would often get mixed up and someone asking for Kristen would be transferred to Christie. The mistake was immediately evident. Perhaps it was because money was involved, but people used a tone with Kristen that they never used with me.
My job title made people treat me with courtesy. So it was a shock to return to the restaurant industry.
It's no secret that there's a lot to put up with when waiting tables, and fortunately, much of it can be easily forgotten when you pocket the tips. The service industry, by definition, exists to cater to others' needs. Still, it seemed that many of my customers didn't get the difference between server and servant.
I'm now applying to graduate school, which means someday I'll. return to a profession where people need to be nice to me in order to get what they want. I think I'll take them to dinner first, and see how they treat someone whose only job is to serve them.
What does the author imply by saying "... many of my customers didn't get the difference between server and servant"?
A. Those who cater to others' needs are destined to be looked down upon.
B. The majority of customers tend to look on a servant as a server nowadays.
C. Those working in the service industry shouldn't be treated as servants.
D. Those serving others have to put up with rough treatment to earn a living.
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