| There are some that would argue that
hospitals are no place for dogs, while they are wrong. At least according to new
research reported at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2005.
For people hospitalized with advanced heart disease, it is better to have
visitors than to lie quietly alone. But one type of visitor seems to be
especially beneficial, researchers reported on Tuesday. That visitor is a dog.
In the first controlled study of the effects of pet therapy in a random sample
of acute and critically ill heart patients, anxiety as measured on a standard
rating scale dropped 24 percent for those visited by a dog and a human
volunteer, by 10 percent for those visited by a volunteer alone and not at all
for those with no visitors. Similar results were found in measures of heart and
lung function. The senior autho A. the measurement of patient’s heart and lung function drops when without visitor B. human volunteers only can’t provide help for the patient’s heart and lung function C. patient’s heart and lung work more effectively when visited by dog and volunteer D. none of the above [单项选择]No one would argue that children thrive when they feel respected, important, and cared for by other persons, or that they falter when they lack the self-pride and self-confidence that accompanies such approval and support. However, at the hands of educators eager to encourage lagging pupils, a myth has developed that raising youngsters’ self-esteem is a sure means of improving their levels of achievement and solving many of the nation’s social ills.
A 1990 report, for instance, proposes that "self-esteem is the likeliest candidate for a ’social vaccine’, something that empowers us to live responsibly and that keeps us from the lure of crime, teen pregnancy, and educational failure. The lack of self-esteem is central to more personal and social ills plaguing our state and nation as we approach the end of the twentieth century." By the 1960s, following the advent of the self-actualization theories of personal growth espoused by psychologists Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers, A. elegant B. ignorant C. successful D. lonely 我来回答: 提交
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