From climate change to the ongoing pandemic (大流行病) and beyond, the issues facing today’s world are increasingly complex and dynamic. Yet solving problems like these requires new approaches that extend beyond traditional ways of thinking. A study led by Yale Professor of Psychology, Paul O’Keefe, found that having a growth mindset (思维倾向) of interest may spark this type of innovation.

        Professor O’Keefe established in earlier studies that people hold different beliefs about the nature of interest. Those with a growth mindset of interest tend to believe that interests can be developed and cultivated, while those with a fixed mindset of interest tend to believe that interests are inherent (与生俱有的) and simply need to be ‘found’. Building on these findings, the latest research examined how a growth mindset of interest can boost integrative thinking across the traditional disciplinary boundaries of arts and sciences.

        For example, in one task, research participants were instructed to create new college majors by combining two or more existing academic Arts or Science programs at their university. After coding and analyzing the ideas they generated, the team found that people with a growth mindset of interest were more likely to bridge programs across the arts and sciences to create new majors like computational economics rather than creating majors that drew from only one of those areas, like computational chemistry.

        As Professor O’Keefe pointed out, “This research provides a useful direction for organizations whose products and services call for integrated and creative solutions. Take smartphones for example. You need not only computer science and engineering knowledge, but also an understanding of psychology and visual design to create a better product. Employees with a growth mindset may be more likely to devise innovative ideas that bridge multiple areas of knowledge to achieve better solutions.”

        The benefits of a growth mindset of interest may also extend to those seeking employment. This is a pressing issue because many people are becoming unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Having a growth mindset of interest can help job seekers expand their interests and become more adaptable to different fields, and take the initiative to lean new skills.

解析：C。根据题干中的example of smartphones可定位至原文第四段第二、三句，第二句说到，以智能手机为例，不仅需要计算机科学和工程知识，还需要对心理学和视觉设计的理解，才能创造出更好的产品，接着又说到，具有成长思维模式的员工可能会更具备设计出跨越多个知识领域创新想法的能力，以提出更好的解决方案。简单来说就是，具备跨学科思维，多学科知识，才能更好地进行产品创新。C项与此内容相符，其中innovative products对应该句中的better product和better solutions，multidisciplinary knowledge对应句中的multiple areas of knowledge，故C项为正确答案。

错项排除：A、B、D三项利用文章中多次出现的products和一些其他词如research、integrative thinking进行细节拼凑，但拼凑内容在文章中都无依据，故均可排除。