what matters most is how you see yourself最重要的是你怎么看待自己 (网络图片)

今天读《决断2秒间》第2章

预先设定的行动

They suggest that what we think of as free will is largely an illusion: much of the time, we are simply operating on automatic pilot, and the way we think and act—and how well we think and act on the spur of the moment—are a lot more susceptible to outside influences than we realize.

书里说明很多时候我们并不是自己所认为的那么自主，更多时候是不自觉的受周遭环境和观念的影响。如书中的文字速配实验的结果所示。这实验貌似只是对字词作配对，但它间接暗示你的行为，如字汇中包含：衰老、夕阳等词，那作为这个实验后，你会不自觉的走路速度都变慢了。

我们都有「说故事的问题」

但其实我们难以查觉自己受环境的影响。一个老师巧妙的暗示，可能就帮助学生解开想破头都得不到的答案，但如果事后问这些学生怎样找到解答的，答案可能五花八门。不是他们说谎，而是他们正如我们一样，不够警觉心理暗示的影响。

这让我意识到，我们需要思考在日常生活中思考，我们是不是让别人一个无意的眼神，左右自己对自己的看法。如果社会歧视女性，女生也千万不要傻傻的自己看不起自己，觉得自己数学一定做不好，觉得自己一定要赶紧嫁人。

我们可以行动起来，改变自己对自己的观感，也改变环境给我们的眼色。例如女孩可以透过充实自己，让自己甩开性别的负担。

Words & Phrases

prime

prime是一个常见的表达，和prepare差不多be prepared for = be primed for。prepare可以做动词, prepare someone for sth, prepare someone to do something，prime也可以这么用。

dredge up

to bring to notice, esp with considerable effort and from an obscure, remote, or unlikely source

The evidence he used to draw his conclusions seemed to be buried somewhere in his unconscious, and he could not dredge it up.

to dredge up worthless ideas.

put (one's) finger on

to know the reason for something, esp. something that is a problem 

That’s because of a brain problem. That’s what we were putting our finger on.

That is correct! You have certainly put your finger on the problem.

When she mentioned money, she really put her finger on the problem.

stump

(of a question or problem) be too hard for; baffle.

The rest were stumped.