资料：Faces,likefingerprints,areunique.Didyoueverwonderhowitpossibleforustorecognizepeople?Evenaskilledwriterprobablycouldnotdescribeallthefeaturesthatmakeonefacedifferentfromanother.Yetaveryyoungchildorevenananimal,suchasapingeoncanlearmtorecognizefaces.Wealltakethisabilityforgranted. Wealsotellpeopleapartbyhowtheybehave.Whenwetalkaboutsomeone’spersonality,wemeanthewaysinwhichheorsheacts,speaks,thinksandfeelsthatmakethatindividualdifferentfromothers. Likethehumanfacehumanpersonalityisverycomplex.Butdescribingsomeone’speronalityinwordsissomewhateasierthandescribinghisface.Ifyouwereaskedtodescribewhatanicefacelookedlike,youprobablywouldhaveadifficulttimedoingso.Butifyouwereaskedtodescribeaniceperson,youmightbegintothinkaboutsomeonewhowaskind,consideratefriendly,warm,andsoforth. Therearemanywordstodescribehowapersonthinks,feelsandacts.GordonAllports,anAmericanpsychologist,foundnearly18,000Englishwordscharacterizingdifferencesinpeople’sbehavior.Andmanyofususethisinformationasabasisfordescribingortyping,hispersonality.Bookworms,conservatives,militarytypes——peoplearedescribedwithsuchterms. Peoplehavealwaystriedtotypeeachother.ActorsinearlyGreekdramaworemaskstoshowtheaudiencewhethertheyplayedthevillain’sorthehero’srole.Infact,thewordspersonandpersoalitycomefromtheLatinpersona,meaningmask.Today,mosttelevisionandmovieactorsdonotwearmasks.Butwecaneasilytellthegoodguysfromthebadguysbecausethetwotypesdifferinappearanceaswellasinactions. Theauthorismostprobablya_______
A.psychologist B.behaviorist C.writer D.sociologist正确答案A
