新概念雙語：雙語囧研究：專業(yè)影響性格 選擇需謹慎

According to a new meta-analysis, there are significant personality differences between students in different academic majors.

根據(jù)一項新的元分析，學生學術(shù)專業(yè)上有巨大的個性差異。

Anna Vedel, a psychologist from Aarhus University in Denmark, analyzed 12 studies examining the correlation between personality traits and college majors. Eleven of them found significant differences between majors. The review examined the so-called “Big Five” traits: neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.

安娜·維戴爾是丹麥奧爾胡斯大學的心理學家，她做了12項研究，分析了性格特點和大學專業(yè)間的關(guān)聯(lián)，其中11項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)了專業(yè)間的巨大差異。研究檢驗了所謂的“五大”特點：神經(jīng)過敏、性格外向、樂于體驗、友好和善和做事認真。

Arts and humanities majors are in the position of being anxious, but not very organized.They were less conscientious than students in fields like science, law, or engineering. They also tended to score higher on ‘neuroticism’.

藝術(shù)和人文專業(yè)學生焦躁、條理欠佳，不及科學、法律和工程學專業(yè)的學生認真。他們“神經(jīng)過敏”一項分數(shù)更高。

On the plus side, along with political-science majors, arts and humanities students also scored higher on openness than did economics, engineering, law, or science students. Openness is characterized by an active imagination, love of variety, and a wide range of intellectual interests.

從好的一面看，和政治學專業(yè)學生一樣，藝術(shù)和人文專業(yè)的學生要比經(jīng)濟、工程學、法律和科學專業(yè)的學生要更開明，體現(xiàn)在想象力豐富、喜歡變化、求學興趣廣泛。

Economics and business students rated consistently lower in neuroticism. Along with law students, business and economics students were also less agreeable than students in the other majors. Economics, law, political-science, and medicine students were more extroverted than students in the arts, humanities, and the sciences.

經(jīng)濟和商學專業(yè)學生在神經(jīng)質(zhì)一項評分始終偏低。和法學學生一樣，商業(yè)和經(jīng)濟專業(yè)的學生沒有其他專業(yè)的學生好相處。經(jīng)濟、法律、政治學和醫(yī)學專業(yè)的學生要比藝術(shù)人文和科學專業(yè)的學生要更外向。

Vedel hopes her findings can help college counselors guide students into the best majors for their personalities.

維戴爾希望她的發(fā)現(xiàn)可以幫助大學輔導員引導學生根據(jù)其個性選擇最好的專業(yè)。

The findings are explained somewhat by the gender distribution among college majors. It's well-known, for instance, that women are far less likely to enter engineering fields than men are, and women tend to be more neurotic, agreeable, and conscientious than men, according to the study.

研究多多少少解釋了大學專業(yè)的性別分布。比如，眾所周知，女性遠遠不及男性那樣容易進入工程學領(lǐng)域。根據(jù)研究所說，女性更神經(jīng)質(zhì)、性格更討喜、比男性更認真。