标题:WhatStressDoesToYourDecisionsIt’sReverseofWhatMostExpect source:spring 翻译请保留原文链接哦 欲翻译的小伙伴,可评论领稿,并把已完成的译文发在自己的心理圈or个人主页的日志内。请领稿的小伙伴,尽量在一个星期内完成翻译,谢谢!! Stresshasthereverseeffectonhowpeopleweighprosandconsthanmostpeopleexpect。 Feelingstressedchangesthewaypeoplebalanceriskagainstreward,psychologistshavefound。 Surprisingly,beingunderstressmakespeoplefocusonthepositivemorethantheywouldotherwise。 ProfessorMaraMather,whocoauthoredtheresearch,said: “Thisissortofnotwhatpeoplewouldthinkrightoffthebat。 Stressisusuallyassociatedwithnegativeexperiences,soyou’dthink,maybeI’mgoingtobemorefocusedonthenegativeoutcomes。 Infact,ProfessorMatherexplained,thereverseistrue: “Stressseemstohelppeoplelearnfrompositivefeedbackandimpairstheirlearningfromnegativefeedback。” Forexample,imagineapersondecidingwhethertotakeanewjob。 Whenunderstress,theymightgivemoreweighttobenefitsofahighersalarywhileignoringthelongercommute。 Whennotunderstress,though,thenegativeaspectsofthechoicewouldmattermore。 Thefindingcouldhelpexplainhowstressinteractswithaddictivebehaviours。 Whenunderstress,peoplevaluethepositivehighmorethanthepotentialhangover。 Theresearchalsofoundthatmenandwomenreactdifferentlyunderstress: “stressamplifiesgenderdifferencesinstrategiesusedduringriskydecisions,asmalestakemoreriskandfemalestakelessriskunderstress。” ProfessorMathersaid: “Wemakeallsortsofdecisionsunderstress。 Ifyourkidhasanaccidentandendsupinthehospital,that’saverystressfulsituationanddecisionsneedtobemadequickly。 Itseemslikelythathowmuchstressyou’reexperiencingwillaffectthewayyou’remakingthedecision。”