英文の和訳お願いします
There are certain things in life that are so obvious as to be beyond question.
At the enjoyable end of the victory spectrum is the sheer
excitement of crossing the ribbon first, coming top of the class or spraying
champagne from the podium at the other end lies that depressing ache of being
a straggler, an also-ran and, yes, a loser.
But some people, it seems, are perfectly happy to be losers. Psychologists at
the University of Michigan have discovered that while some people become
stressed after losing out to a rival in a laboratory task, others become stressed out
after Winning. The research challenges the widely held belief that the will to Win
is a universal human desire. _
“This runs counter to the idea that everybody likes coming out at the top of
the heap,” says Oliver Schultheiés, professor of psychology at the University of
Michigan, who oversaw the study. "That’s a really surprising finding for us."
Professor Schultheiss concludes that people can be split into wolves, who are utterly driven to win and devastated at losing out, and sheep, whose triumphs
over others bring distress rather than heart-pumping joy. Lance Armstrong, the
record-breaking Tour de France winner, is the embodiment of a wolf; Estelle
Morris, who quit her position as Education Secretary because she did not feel up
, could be suspected of ovine tendencies.
How to separate the wolves from the sheep? Professor Schultheiss and his
colleagues first used a test to assess the motivations of 108 college students. They
were asked to look at various photographs _ such as a picture of two cyclists
racing next to each other 4 and write a description of what they saw. The
resulting script was used to deduce the participant’s “ implicit power
motivation,” which is defined as a hidden desire to dominate others.
( A ) are more likely to have Written a scenario in which the cyclists were
competing aggressively; ( B ) might have perceived a gentler relationship
between the riders. Those with the highest scores - the greatést need to be top
dog - were considered ( C ), and those at the low end were termed ( D ).
A～Dにはwolvesとsheepが入ります
