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🍋“The Fox and the Grapes” and Cognitive Dissonance (「すっぱい葡萄」と認知的不協和)
| “The Fox and the Grapes” is one of Aesop’s Fables. One day, a fox sees delicious-looking grapes hanging from a vine. Although he jumps up with all his strength, he cannot reach them. He gives up and walks away, saying, “These grapes are sour. They’re not worth my time.” The fox’s words can be explained by the psychology term “cognitive dissonance”. Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling that we experience when our belief and behavior don’t match. The fox feels discomfort because his belief (he wants the grapes) doesn’t match his behavior (he can’t reach the grapes). Therefore, the fox changes his belief (the grapes are sour and not worth his time) to reduce the discomfort. |
🍋単語
| ・Aesop’s Fables: イソップ寓話 ・vine: つる ・worth: 時間や労力をかけるだけの価値がある ・psychology: 心理学 ・term: 用語 ・cognitive dissonance: 認知的不協和 ・behavior: 行動 ・discomfort: 不快感 |
🍋読解問題
英語の質問に英語で答えてみよう！
| 1) Why does the fox feel discomfort? 2) What does he do to reduce the discomfort? |
🍋読解問題の答え（一例）
| 1) He feels discomfort because he can’t get the grapes that he wants. 2) He tells himself that the grapes are sour and that he doesn’t want them. |
🍋語彙問題
以下の単語を使って空欄を埋めよう。必要なら動詞にsをつけたり、名詞を複数形にしたりしてね。
Aesop’s Fables / vine / worth / psychology / term / cognitive dissonance / behavior / discomfort
| 1) The biologist took notes on interesting animal _____ that she observed. 2) It took a lot of hard work to build the house, but it was _____ it. 3) Although the book’s title was “Introduction to Science”, it contained a lot of difficult scientific _____. 4) Some of the most famous _____ include “The Tortoise and the Hare” and “The Ant and the Grasshopper.” 5) Anna expressed _____ when asked to say her full name. She didn’t like her last name. 6) Jake is interested in the social and emotional growth of children and wants to study developmental _____ in college. 7) The wall of the castle was covered with _____. 8) An example of _____ is smoking even though you know that smoking is bad for your health. |
🍋語彙問題の答え
| 1) behaviors 2) worth 3) terms 4) Aesop’s Fables 5) discomfort 6) psychology 7) vines 8) cognitive dissonance |
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