Thenumberofdevicesyoucantalktoismultiplying -- firstitwasyourphone, thenyourcat, andnowyoucantellyourkitchenapplianceswhattodo. Butevenwithoutgadgetsthatunderstandourspokencommands, researchsuggeststhat, asbizarreisitsounds, undercertain __26__ peopleregularlyascribehumantraitstoeverydayobjects.
Sometimesweseethingsashumanbecauseweare __27__ Inoneexperiment, peoplewhoreportedfeelingisolatedweremorelikelythanotherstoattribute __28__ tovariousgadgets. Inturn, feelingclosetoobjectscan __29__ loneliness. Whencollegestudentswereremindedofatimetheyhadbeen __30__ inasocialsetting, theycompensatedbyexaggeratingtheirnumberoffriends- unlesstheywerefirstgiventasksthatcausedthemtointeractwiththeirphoneasifithadhumanqualities. Accordingtotheresearchers, theparticipants'phones __31__ substitutedforrealfriends.
Atothertimes, wepersonifyproductsinanefforttounderstandthem. Onestudyfoundthatthreeinfourrespondentsyelledattheircomputer. Further, themoretheircomputergavethemproblems, themorelikelytherespondentsweretoreportthatithaditsown "beliefsand __32__."
Sohowdopeopleassigntrailstoanobject? Inpar, werelyonlooks. Onhumanswidefacesare __33__ withdominance. Similarly, peopleratedcurs, clocks, andwatcheswithwidefacesasmoredominant-lookingthannarrow-facedones, andpreferredthem- especiallyin __34__ situations. AnanalysisofcarsalesinGermanyfoundthatcarswithgrilles(护栅) thatwereupturnedlikesmilessoldbest. Thepurchaserssawthis __35__ asincreasingacar'sfriendliness.
A) alleviate
B) apparently
C) arrogant
D) associated
E) circumstances
F) competitive
G) conceded
H) consciousness
I) desires
J) excluded
K) feature
L) lonely
M) separate
N) spectacularly
O) warrant