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：D。根据题干中的Professor O’Keefe’s recent research可定位至原文第二段最后一句。第二段中讲的主要是Professor O’Keefe的研究，题干中的recent对应该句的latest。该句指出，最新研究考察了成长型兴趣思维模式如何跨越艺术和科学的传统学科界限，提高融合性思维。D项与此内容相符，其中的cross-disciplinary thinking对应该句中的integrative thinking，而句中的integrative thinking在后面又作了进一步说明across the traditioinal disciplinary boundaries，即跨越传统学科的，故D项为正确答案。

错项排除：A项利用第二段最后一句中的boundaries和integrative thinking进行干扰，但句中是说如何跨越（across）学科边界，而非消除（removed），故A项错误。B项利用第三段中的computational economics，但这只是一个例子，文中并没有讨论其可行性（feasible），故B项排除。C项利用原文中多次提到的arts and science进行干扰，但students in arts and sciences在文中无依据，故C项排除。