91. Why Counting Money Can Make You Happier
By Erin Davies TIME Saturday, Jul. 25, 2009

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We all know money buys luxuries like sports cars and Manolo Blahniks, necessities like groceries, and intangibles like preferential treatment. (When was the last time Donald Trump waited in line for anything?) Now there is evidence that just counting money can produce valuable psychological benefits. According to a new study published in the journal Psychological Science, thumbing through your cash can reduce emotional and physical pain as well as increase feelings of internal strength, fearlessness and confidence. The study also finds that there is an equally true flip side to this coin: When people are reminded of their recent spending they report higher levels of both psychological and physical distress.
Focusing on the symbolic power of money, the study's authors, Xinyue Zhou of Sun Yat-Sen University, Kathleen Vohs of the University of Minnesota and Roy Baumeister of Florida State University, started with a simple hypothesis: reminders of money can alter how people experience social interactionsespecially social acceptance and rejection.

A. 어휘
luxuries 사치품.
Manolo Blahniks 스페인 출신의 세계적 구두디자이너 Manolo Blahnik이 디자인한 고급구두. necessities 생활필수품. intangibles 無形財産(무형재산).
preferential 우선권이 있는. preferential treatment 우대, 특별 대우.
Donald Trump 미국의 부동산 巨富(거부). just counting money 단지 돈을 세는 것.
psychological benefit 심리적 혜택. journal 정기간행물, 잡지, 일기, 日誌(일지).
thumbing through 손가락으로 돈을 넘기며 세는 것. reduce 감소시키다.
as well as ...뿐 아니라. internal 內的(내적)인. confidence 자신감.
flip side 동전의 뒷면. distress 비탄, 고민, 고난. symbolic 象徵的(상징적)인.
author 著者(저자). hypothesis 假設(가설). reminder 생각나게 하는 것(사람).
alter 바꾸다, 개조하다. interaction 상호작용. acceptance 수용, 容認(용인), 편들기.
rejection 拒否(거부).

B. 구문
- reminders of money can alter . . . social acceptance and rejection.
[돈에 대한 想起(상기)는 사람들이 사회적 상호작용 특히 사회적 인정과 거부을
경험하는 방법에 변화를 일으킬 수도 있다.]

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To test their idea, the researchers took the following approach: 84 students at a Chinese University, were divided into two groups. One group counted 80 large denomination bills the other group parceled out 80 pieces of plain paper. All participants then played an online video game where, using game controls, they could throw a video ball and play catch with other internet players. But the game was rigged so that after 10 throws half the students would no longer get the ball thrown to them, while the rest of the students continued to play catch. When the game ended participants who'd been excluded from the second round of catch rated their level of social distress and how strong they felt. Those who had counted money before being socially excluded reported lower levels of social distress than those who had counted only paper. Additionally, the participants who had counted money also reported greater feelings of inner strength and self-sufficiency.
To see if counting money also reduces physical pain previous research indicates psychological and physical pain are experienced in a similar waythe researchers repeated the earlier social exclusion test, except this time they replaced the ball game with a pain-sensitivity task, in which half the participants were put in a moderate-pain condition (their hands were immersed in warm water) while the other half were subjected to a high-pain condition (hands were immersed in very hot water). Again, those who had counted money reported lower levels of pain.

A. 어휘
researcher 연구자. approach 연구방법. denomination bill 화폐. cf. denomination 도량형, 금전의 단위명칭. 화폐의 액면금액. bill 지폐. parcel out 꾸리다, 분할하다.
plain paper 白紙(백지). participant 참가자. rig 장치하다. exclude 배제하다.
rate 평가하다, 값을 매기다. additionally 부가적으로, 특별히.
self-sufficiency 자기만족감, 자급자족, 自滿(자만). social exclusion 사회적 배척.
except ...을 제외하고(접속사). replace 代替(대체)하다. sensitivity 민감, 감수성.
moderate 온건한. moderate-pain condition 고통이 심하지 않는 상태.
immerse 물에 담그다, 가라앉히다. be subjected to ...에 맡기다, 위임하다.