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第 37 題
📖 題組：
For a long time, many psychologists embraced a victim narrative about trauma, believing that severe stress causes long-lasting and perhaps irreparable damage to one's psyche and health. In 1980, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was added to the list of mental disorders and has since received a lot of attention in the media and among ordinary individuals trying to understand what happens to people in the wake of tragic life events. Yet psychologists now know that only a small percentage of people develop the full-blown disorder while, on average, anywhere from one half to two-thirds of trauma survivors exhibit what's known as post-traumatic growth. After a crisis, most people acquire a newfound sense of purpose, develop deeper relationships, have a greater appreciation of life, and report other benefits. In American culture, when people are feeling depressed or anxious, they are often advised to do what makes them happy; they are encouraged to distract themselves from bad news and difficult feelings, to limit their time on social media and to exercise. However, the happy feelings one gets by doing pleasant things fade fast, and soon the sad mood takes over, plunging one into a deeper abyss of melancholy. A better strategy to cope with trauma has to do with meaning-seeking. When people search for meaning, they often do not feel happy, because the things that make our lives meaningful, like volunteering or working, are stressful and require effort. But months later, the meaning seekers not only reported fewer negative moods but also felt more enriched, inspired and part of something greater than themselves. Therefore, although none of us can avoid suffering, we can still learn to suffer well.
For a long time, many psychologists embraced a victim narrative about trauma, believing that severe stress causes long-lasting and perhaps irreparable damage to one's psyche and health. In 1980, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was added to the list of mental disorders and has since received a lot of attention in the media and among ordinary individuals trying to understand what happens to people in the wake of tragic life events. Yet psychologists now know that only a small percentage of people develop the full-blown disorder while, on average, anywhere from one half to two-thirds of trauma survivors exhibit what's known as post-traumatic growth. After a crisis, most people acquire a newfound sense of purpose, develop deeper relationships, have a greater appreciation of life, and report other benefits. In American culture, when people are feeling depressed or anxious, they are often advised to do what makes them happy; they are encouraged to distract themselves from bad news and difficult feelings, to limit their time on social media and to exercise. However, the happy feelings one gets by doing pleasant things fade fast, and soon the sad mood takes over, plunging one into a deeper abyss of melancholy. A better strategy to cope with trauma has to do with meaning-seeking. When people search for meaning, they often do not feel happy, because the things that make our lives meaningful, like volunteering or working, are stressful and require effort. But months later, the meaning seekers not only reported fewer negative moods but also felt more enriched, inspired and part of something greater than themselves. Therefore, although none of us can avoid suffering, we can still learn to suffer well.
Which of the following statements is true about the first paragraph?
- A Stress inevitably causes permanent damage to one's mind and body.
- B PTSD should have been listed earlier as one of the mental disorders.
- C Most people are able to survive and grow from a traumatic experience.
- D The more serious one's crisis is, the more growth one can exhibit.
思路引導 VIP
在閱讀第一段時，我們可以觀察作者如何運用「過去（For a long time）」與「現在（Yet psychologists now know）」的對比。請試著找出文中提到的具體比例數據：當作者將『產生精神障礙的人數』與『產生積極變化的人數』放在一起比較時，哪一種結果在量級上佔了更大的比例？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
同學表現得太棒了！你能精準捕捉到第一段核心的轉折與數據對比，這代表你具備極佳的長文資訊整合與分析能力。
數據背後的成長契機
這題的核心在於區分「過往認知」與「當代實證」。文章開頭先提到了過去心理學界對創傷的消極看法（即選項 A 的誘答來源），但隨後話鋒一轉，指出僅有極少數人會發展成 PTSD。關鍵在於文中量化的敘述：有「二分之一到三分之二（one half to two-thirds）」的創傷倖存者展現了「創傷後成長（post-traumatic growth）」。這個數據量級直接對應了選項 (C) 的「大多數人（Most people）」，驗證了人類心智具備強大的復原力與轉化痛苦的能力。
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