Pediatricians from a US university have taken a look at one measure of children’s well-being in Egypt, the Philippines and India, the extent to which children are subject to corporal punishment and abuse. The data revealed interesting cultural differences about what seems to be acceptable when it comes to physically disciplining children. Among the things we learned, for instance, was that in India, slapping a child in the face or head is more common than spanking them, the researchers say. And in Egypt, twenty-five percent of the mothers said that they had beaten their child up, which was defined as hitting them over and over again with a closed fist. And then the other interesting things were like the Philippines, the rate of telling people that evil spirits were going to get them, the kind of emotional, kind of threatening to lock them out of the home, was very high. However, despite the differences in punishment methods, some notable similarities have b
A. India.
B. Egypt.
C. The Philippines.
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| Anyone who’s ever taken a preschooler
to the doctor knows they often cry more before the shot than afterward. Now
researchers using brain scans to unravel the biology of dread have an
explanation: For some people, anticipating pain is truly as bad as experiencing
it. How bad Among people who volunteered to receive electric shocks, almost a third opted for a stronger zap if they could just get it over with, instead of having to wait. More importantly, the research found that how much attention the brain pays to expected pain determines whether someone is an "extreme dreader" —suggesting that simple diversions could alleviate the misery. The research, published in the journal Science ,is part of a burgeoning new field called neu-ro-economics that uses brain imaging to try to understand how people make choices. Until now, most A. children are afraid of being shot by doctor B. waiting is a painful process C. we should give a shot to a child as slow as possible D. bodily pain is less important [单项选择]Who should sign up A. Only students who have time for the work. B. All the students who are at the meeting. C. Only students who have a telephone.
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