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Millennials Are Giving Their Babies Increasingly Strange Names
Mandy Oaklander
Sept. 29, 2016
The people having the most kids in this country, Millennials, are giving their babies stranger
and stranger names. In a time when actual people are naming their children Legendary and
Sadman and Lux, that should perhaps come as no surprise.
Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University, and research assistant
Lauren Dawson analyzed the first names of 358 million babies in a U.S. Social Security
Administration database. Between 2004 and 2006, 66% of boys and 76% of girls had a name
that wasn’t one of the 50 most common names of that time period. By contrast, in 2011-2015,
72% of boys and 79% of girls had names that were not in the top 50 most popular. In the top
10 for 2015 in the U.S. were Harper, Liam, Mason, Isabella, Olivia, Ava, and Mia. Brooklyn was
ranked 31st most popular for girls across the U.S. (though not for girls in New York, where the
name didn’t rank in the top 100).
Twenge credits the rise of stranger names on our increasingly individualistic culture: one that
focuses on the self and is less concerned with social rules. “Millennials were raised with
phrases like, you shouldn’t care what anyone else thinks of you, you can be anything you
want to be, it’s good to be different, you have to love yourself first before you love anyone
else,” says Twenge. Our obsession with celebrities is also a hallmark of individualism.
Twenge found that Millennials are much more accepting of same-sex relationships and
experiences. “What we’re seeing is this movement toward more sexual freedom,” Twenge told
TIME. “There’s more freedom for people to do what they want without following the traditional,
often now seen as outdated, social rules about who you’re supposed to have sex with and
when.”
Adaptado de: http://time.com/4511927/millennials-parents-baby-names/
Acesso em: 01º outubro 2016
Millennials Are Giving Their Babies Increasingly Strange Names
Mandy Oaklander
Sept. 29, 2016
The people having the most kids in this country, Millennials, are giving their babies stranger and stranger names. In a time when actual people are naming their children Legendary and Sadman and Lux, that should perhaps come as no surprise.
Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University, and research assistant Lauren Dawson analyzed the first names of 358 million babies in a U.S. Social Security Administration database. Between 2004 and 2006, 66% of boys and 76% of girls had a name that wasn’t one of the 50 most common names of that time period. By contrast, in 2011-2015, 72% of boys and 79% of girls had names that were not in the top 50 most popular. In the top 10 for 2015 in the U.S. were Harper, Liam, Mason, Isabella, Olivia, Ava, and Mia. Brooklyn was ranked 31st most popular for girls across the U.S. (though not for girls in New York, where the name didn’t rank in the top 100).
Twenge credits the rise of stranger names on our increasingly individualistic culture: one that focuses on the self and is less concerned with social rules. “Millennials were raised with phrases like, you shouldn’t care what anyone else thinks of you, you can be anything you want to be, it’s good to be different, you have to love yourself first before you love anyone else,” says Twenge. Our obsession with celebrities is also a hallmark of individualism.
Twenge found that Millennials are much more accepting of same-sex relationships and experiences. “What we’re seeing is this movement toward more sexual freedom,” Twenge told TIME. “There’s more freedom for people to do what they want without following the traditional, often now seen as outdated, social rules about who you’re supposed to have sex with and when.”
Adaptado de: http://time.com/4511927/millennials-parents-baby-names/ Acesso em: 01º outubro 2016
Gabarito comentado
Tema central: Interpretação de texto – identificação de informação explícita. A questão pede para selecionar a alternativa que expressa corretamente algo dito sobre os Millennials no texto.
Comentário didático: Para resolver questões como essa, lembre-se: você deve buscar no texto a informação exata solicitada pelo enunciado, focando em dados explícitos. Evite aceitar inferências ou opiniões que não estejam claramente sustentadas.
Justificativa da alternativa correta (A):
O texto esclarece logo de início: “The people having the most kids in this country, Millennials...”. Ou seja, os Millennials são o grupo que mais tem filhos nos EUA. A alternativa A (in the U.S. are having the biggest number of kids) corresponde exatamente a essa informação literal.
Estratégia aplicada: O segredo está na identificação do trecho-chave e na comparação direta com as alternativas. Sinônimos ou paráfrases ocorrem com frequência em provas, então conhecer o significado de expressões como “having the most kids” (tendo mais filhos) é fundamental.
Análise das alternativas incorretas:
- B) “shouldn’t care about what people think” – O texto apresenta essa frase como parte do contexto cultural em que os Millennials foram criados (“were raised with phrases like…”), mas não como uma afirmação objetiva ou exclusiva sobre eles. Atenção: pegadinha comum, pois a alternativa sugere uma verdade geral, não específica.
- C) “can be everything they want to be” – Mesma lógica da alternativa B. O texto menciona a expressão como valor transmitido, não como um comportamento de fato (“were raised with...”).
- D) “love only themselves” – Não há qualquer trecho que afirme isso. Cuidado com generalizações ou distorções de ideias!
Dicas para provas: Procure sempre por informações diretas e desconfie de alternativas baseadas em opiniões, generalizações ou interpretações vagas. O examinador muitas vezes insere esse tipo de armadilha para confundir o candidato menos atento à literalidade do texto.
Conclusão: Marque com confiança a alternativa A, pois ela está alinhada exatamente com o conteúdo explícito do texto.
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