I call this the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions because positive emotions appear to broaden people's momentary thought action repertoire and build the enduring personal resources.

我称其为积极情绪的扩建理论,因为积极情绪似乎能扩展人们的瞬间想法,和动作指令库并建立持久的个人资源。

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The third group that was given the candies and put in a positive playful mood outperformed the other two groups significantly-- they thought about more options and they actually came up with better solutions with that problem.

第三组得到糖果,并获得积极愉快的心情,明显比另外两组有更好表现-,他们考虑更多选择,得出更好的问题解决办法。

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This was thought by many to be a positive change but in game rich environments where there was a lot of meat available, people could actually get many more calories per hour-- that is secure more food that would help fend off starvation compared to what they could get for people cultivating food.

很多人都认为这是一个积极的改变,然而 在那些富饶地区,获取肉类轻而易举,同样时间内,人类可以获取更多能量,相对那些靠种植获取食物的人类来说,这些地区有足够多的食物来抵御饥荒

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