Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
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- People often think some situations are zero-sum and fixed.
- Zero-sum means one person wins and someone else loses.
- Older people have fewer zero-sum beliefs than younger people.
- Young people more often see win-lose outcomes in life.
- This belief can change choices at work and politics.
- Surveys and experiments show the same age pattern clearly.
- Teaching and practice help people think about cooperation more.
- Time and experience reduce zero-sum thinking over years.
Difficult words
- zero-sum — a situation where one person wins, one loses
- belief — an idea a person accepts as truebeliefs
- cooperation — working together with other people
- survey — a study that asks people questionsSurveys
- experiment — a test to find what happensexperiments
- experience — knowledge from living or doing things
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Discussion questions
- Do you like to work with other people?
- Where did you learn to cooperate?
- Do you think people change ideas as they get older?
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