You are on your way to a concert.At a crossroad，you see a group of people，all staring at the sky.Without even thinking about it，you stare upward，too.Why？In the middle of the concert，someone begins to clap and suddenly the whole room joins in.You do，too.Why？
Social proof determines that people feel they are behaving correctly when they act the same as other people.In other words，the more people who follow a certain idea，the better or truer we consider the idea to be.An experiment carried out by the psychologist.Solomon Asch shows how peer pressure can influence common sense.A subject is showed a line，and next to it three lines- one shorter，one longer and one of the same length as the original one.He must show which of the three lines similar to the original one.If the person is alone，he gives a correct answer.Now，five unknown actors enter the room.One after another，they give wrong answers.And in one third of cases，the subject will answer incorrectly to match the other people's responses.
Why do we act like this？Well，in the past，following others was a survival method.Suppose that one day 5，000 years ago，you were travelling with your hunter friends.Suddenly，they all ran away.What would you have done？Would you have stood still，weighing up whether what you were looking at was a lion or something that just looked like a lion？No，you would have run，too.We are generations of those who copied others' behaviors.This is so deeply rooted in us that we still use it，though it offers few survival advantages today.
Social proof is the evil behind many things.The advertising industry，for example，often makes use of it.Therefore，be doubtful whenever a company says its product is "the most popular".Remember British novelist W.Somerset Maughami's words， "If 50 million people say something foolish，it is still foolish." So should we always follow the crowd？
（1）What's the purpose of the first paragraph？ CC
A．To share the story.
B．To describe a scene.
C．To introduce the topic.
D．To settle an argument.
（2）What does social proof refer to？ CC
A．Wrong answers driven by unknown cases.
B．True ideas followed by surrounding actors.
C．Social influence that decides people's psychology.
D．Peer pressure that corrects people's common sense.
（3）Social proof comes from AA.
A．rooted behaviors to survive
B．natural responses to dangers
C．lasting advantages of copying ancestors
D．traditional ways of travelling with friends
（4）What's the author's attitude towards social proof？ BB
A．Supportive.
B．Disapproving.
C．Doubtful.
D．Objective.
【考點(diǎn)】日常生活；細(xì)節(jié)理解．
【答案】C；C；A；B
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