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From the Ted Talk by Paul Bloom: The surprising psychology behind your urge to break the rules

Unscramble the Blue Letters


What snutned Augustine and dbiuetrsd him was that he seemed to be motivated by a desire just to do wrong. He wriets, "If any part of one of those pears pessad my lips, it was the sin that gave it fvolar. I had no motivation for wickedness except wickedness itself. I was foul and I loved it."

(Laughter)

Now I'm a psychologist and I was interested in real-life stories of perverse actions, so I started The Perversity Project where I invited pepole to send me stories about perverse things that they did. I defined these acts as "when you choose to do something you know is wrong, morally or otherwise, at least, in part, because it's wrong."

Open Cloze


What _______ Augustine and _________ him was that he seemed to be motivated by a desire just to do wrong. He ______, "If any part of one of those pears ______ my lips, it was the sin that gave it ______. I had no motivation for wickedness except wickedness itself. I was foul and I loved it."

(Laughter)

Now I'm a psychologist and I was interested in real-life stories of perverse actions, so I started The Perversity Project where I invited ______ to send me stories about perverse things that they did. I defined these acts as "when you choose to do something you know is wrong, morally or otherwise, at least, in part, because it's wrong."

Solution


  1. flavor
  2. stunned
  3. people
  4. writes
  5. disturbed
  6. passed

Original Text


What stunned Augustine and disturbed him was that he seemed to be motivated by a desire just to do wrong. He writes, "If any part of one of those pears passed my lips, it was the sin that gave it flavor. I had no motivation for wickedness except wickedness itself. I was foul and I loved it."

(Laughter)

Now I'm a psychologist and I was interested in real-life stories of perverse actions, so I started The Perversity Project where I invited people to send me stories about perverse things that they did. I defined these acts as "when you choose to do something you know is wrong, morally or otherwise, at least, in part, because it's wrong."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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