Oxytocin and trust

文章大意

文章讲信任是人类社交、亲密关系与经济政治合作的基础，但个体信任能力不同且极易被背叛摧毁。研究重点在催产素（俗称信任激素、爱情激素）如何促进人际互动、在信任被破坏后降低社交风险防御，并通过经济学与神经科学实验研究社交行为。

题目与答案

1. - Trust relies on the stranger`s 31_____

   答案：kindness

   原文定位：When we make contacts with strangers, such as doing business with the clients who we meet for the first time, our trust in them can only rely on their kindness

   同义替换：「stranger」↔「the clients who we meet for the first time」

2. - The understanding of trust can reduce 32_____

   答案：poverty

   原文定位：Believe it or not, reducing the chance of suffering from poverty is to understand trust, because when you trust other people, you can have more support and resources

3. How to measure trust

   ·People`s ability of recognizing a person`s 33_____ .

   答案：face

   原文定位：However, our ability to trust others varies from individual to individual, just like different people's ability of recognizing a person's face is not the same

4. ·Oxytocin will be released when 34_____ .

   答案：interaction

   原文定位：This chemical is released whenever interaction happens between people

5. Experiments: two participants

   ·The first participant decides whether to lend the money or not.

   ·The second participant has no 35_____ to return the money

   答案：obligation

   原文定位：The first participant is faced with a decision to keep a sum of money or share it with the second participant, who has no obligation to give the money back

   同义替换：「return the money」↔「give the money back」

6. ·Trust involves a 36_____ so it is conditional

   答案：process

   原文定位：Trust is not something that naturally occurs when two people meet for the first time. It involves a process. This can be achieved by certain behaviors and communication. Therefore, trust is conditional

7. ·If animals have 37_____ they will be seen to have oxytocin

   答案：cooperation

   原文定位：Oxytocin does not only exist in human beings. Animals also have this gift, and it can be seen when they have cooperation with each other

8. Nash equilibrium:

   ·Participants have no 38_____ that the other person would change his or her decision

   答案：expectations

   原文定位：The Nash equilibrium's game theory, the first participant will make the best decision he can, with no expectations that the second participant would change his decision

9. ·People under stress have 39_____ levels of oxytocin

   答案：higher

   原文定位：Studies have found that people who are under a lot of stress would have higher levels of oxytocin

10. ·Oxytocin is a social 40_____ .

    答案：glue

    原文定位：To sum up, oxytocin is like a kind of social glue that is helpful in social bonding