Questões de Inglês

Our Imaginary, Hotter Selves

Avatars might serve therapeutic purposes, helping those with social phobia become more confident. 

 

by Sharon Begley 

 

[1] Anyone who has ever had a bad hair day, when looking like a latter-day Medusa makes you feel cranky and antisocial and  

plodding, can sympathize with the Oakland Raiders - and not because the players get helmet hair. The Raiders alternated between 

mostly black and mostly white uniforms, depending on whether they were playing at home or away. Knowing that appearance  

affects people's mood and outlook, psychologists wondered whether uniform color influenced the Raiders' aggressiveness. Using  

[5] data from the 1970s and 1980s, they found that the team racked up way more penalty yards - a measure of aggression - when they  

wore black than when they wore white, for infractions both minor (encroachment) and major (roughing the kicker). The pattern held  

even when the scientists took into account different conditions and styles of play at home and away. But while the 1988 finding has  

become a classic in psychology, the explanation remains controversial. Do referees, because of black's cultural baggage, see  

black-clad players as meaner and badder than those in, say, baby blue? Or does wearing black make players see themselves as  

[10] tougher and meaner - and therefore cause them to play that way?  

Jeremy Bailenson and Nick Yee of Stanford University had this and other classic studies in mind when they started wondering  

about the effect of being able to alter one's appearance. They weren't going to study wardrobe choices, however. Their quarry is  

avatars, digital representations of players in such games as Second Life. "Your physical appearance changes how people treat  

you," says Bailenson. "But independent of that, when you perceive yourself in a certain way, you act differently." He and Yee call it  

[15] "the Proteus effect," after the shape-changing Greek god. The effect of appearance on behavior, they find, carries over from the  

virtual world to the real one, with intriguing consequences. (…)  

http://www.newsweek.com. Acesso em 5/6/2010. 

 

Assinale a opção em que o termo em negrito apresenta função gramatical diferente das demais

Our Imaginary, Hotter Selves

Avatars might serve therapeutic purposes, helping those with social phobia become more confident. 

 

by Sharon Begley 

 

[1] Anyone who has ever had a bad hair day, when looking like a latter-day Medusa makes you feel cranky and antisocial and  

plodding, can sympathize with the Oakland Raiders - and not because the players get helmet hair. The Raiders alternated between 

mostly black and mostly white uniforms, depending on whether they were playing at home or away. Knowing that appearance  

affects people's mood and outlook, psychologists wondered whether uniform color influenced the Raiders' aggressiveness. Using  

[5] data from the 1970s and 1980s, they found that the team racked up way more penalty yards - a measure of aggression - when they  

wore black than when they wore white, for infractions both minor (encroachment) and major (roughing the kicker). The pattern held  

even when the scientists took into account different conditions and styles of play at home and away. But while the 1988 finding has  

become a classic in psychology, the explanation remains controversial. Do referees, because of black's cultural baggage, see  

black-clad players as meaner and badder than those in, say, baby blue? Or does wearing black make players see themselves as  

[10] tougher and meaner - and therefore cause them to play that way?  

Jeremy Bailenson and Nick Yee of Stanford University had this and other classic studies in mind when they started wondering  

about the effect of being able to alter one's appearance. They weren't going to study wardrobe choices, however. Their quarry is  

avatars, digital representations of players in such games as Second Life. "Your physical appearance changes how people treat  

you," says Bailenson. "But independent of that, when you perceive yourself in a certain way, you act differently." He and Yee call it  

[15] "the Proteus effect," after the shape-changing Greek god. The effect of appearance on behavior, they find, carries over from the  

virtual world to the real one, with intriguing consequences. (…)  

http://www.newsweek.com. Acesso em 5/6/2010. 

 

a measure of aggression (linha 5), encroachment (linha 6), roughing the kicker (linha 6) e digital representations of players (linha 13) têm, respectivamente, valor semântico de: 

Our Imaginary, Hotter Selves

Avatars might serve therapeutic purposes, helping those with social phobia become more confident. 

 

by Sharon Begley 

 

[1] Anyone who has ever had a bad hair day, when looking like a latter-day Medusa makes you feel cranky and antisocial and  

plodding, can sympathize with the Oakland Raiders - and not because the players get helmet hair. The Raiders alternated between 

mostly black and mostly white uniforms, depending on whether they were playing at home or away. Knowing that appearance  

affects people's mood and outlook, psychologists wondered whether uniform color influenced the Raiders' aggressiveness. Using  

[5] data from the 1970s and 1980s, they found that the team racked up way more penalty yards - a measure of aggression - when they  

wore black than when they wore white, for infractions both minor (encroachment) and major (roughing the kicker). The pattern held  

even when the scientists took into account different conditions and styles of play at home and away. But while the 1988 finding has  

become a classic in psychology, the explanation remains controversial. Do referees, because of black's cultural baggage, see  

black-clad players as meaner and badder than those in, say, baby blue? Or does wearing black make players see themselves as  

[10] tougher and meaner - and therefore cause them to play that way?  

Jeremy Bailenson and Nick Yee of Stanford University had this and other classic studies in mind when they started wondering  

about the effect of being able to alter one's appearance. They weren't going to study wardrobe choices, however. Their quarry is  

avatars, digital representations of players in such games as Second Life. "Your physical appearance changes how people treat  

you," says Bailenson. "But independent of that, when you perceive yourself in a certain way, you act differently." He and Yee call it  

[15] "the Proteus effect," after the shape-changing Greek god. The effect of appearance on behavior, they find, carries over from the  

virtual world to the real one, with intriguing consequences. (…)  

http://www.newsweek.com. Acesso em 5/6/2010. 

 

Assinale a opção em que o referente do pronome está INCORRETO. 

Escolha o termo cuja função gramatical e significado se aproximam do vocábulo drive, na chamada do anúncio. 

Segundo o texto, um dos impactos que a TV a cabo trouxe para a vida das mulheres indianas foi que elas

Read the text below and answer questions 37-38:

 

Small talk means pleasant conversation about things that aren’t very important. North Americans often make small talk with people such as business acquaintances, neighbors, or others that they don’t know very well. They even make small talk while waiting for a bus or standing in line, just to pass the time or be friendly. In North America, one very common topic for small talk with strangers is the weather. You can start a conversation just by saying, “It’s really hot today, isn’t it?”

Source: JOHANNSEN, K.L. English for the Humanities. Professional English. Boston: Thomson ELT, 2006, p. 67.

Read the sentences given:

 

I. How are you doing?

II. What are you doing?

III. How are you?

IV. Who are you?

V. How’s everything?

 

Based on these sentences, it might be stated that: