The Spotlight Effect
聚光燈效應
Have you ever felt as if the entire world was watching while you made a mistake? Well, here’s some good news: it’s likely that no one even noticed.
The spotlight effect is a trick of the mind that makes us believe that people notice us more often than they really do. We experience the spotlight effect not only when we make mistakes but also when we perform well. Every time we do something that is a little different from what we usually do, we may assume that everyone around us will notice.
你是否曾覺得當你犯錯時，彷彿全世界都在注視著你？那有個好消息：甚至很有可能沒有任何人會發覺。
聚光燈效應是一種戲弄心理的錯覺，會讓我們相信人們比實際上還更常注意我們。我們不只會在犯錯時體驗到聚光燈效應，在我們表現良好時也會。每當我們做跟平常稍微不一樣的事時，我們就會假定周遭的每個人都會注意到。
生活必備字詞：
it is likely that... 很可能……
It is likely that Paula will get married next year.
perform vi. 表現
assume vt. 認為，假定
本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌，完整內容請見八月號。
