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THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER-BASED ILLUSTRATING TOOL ON CONSTRUCTING MEANING FROM SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATORY TEXT Liu Rude,Chen Qi,David Reid 2005, 3(3):  161-164.  Abstract ( )   PDF (364KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The impact of a computer-based illustrating tool about food webs on the knowledge construction from a text about it was examined through 48 13-year-old students. The result showed that:(1)the subjects with the computer-based illustrating tool scored higher significantly than the subjects with pre-exist illustration;(2)the subjects of high ability scored higher significantly than the subjects of low ability;(3)there were no significant interaction between types of illustration and levels of learning ability.

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THE EFFECT OF CONTEXT ON EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL：EVIDENCE FROM CHINESE SENTENCE CONTEXT Bai Xuejun,Zhou Yuanyuan 2005, 3(3):  165-168.  Abstract ( )   PDF (397KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics By using ASL 504 eyetracker, the effect of context and working memory on eye movement control was explored in this paper. The experimental design was 2(working memory: high vs. low)×2(context: predicting vs. control)×2(target: inferential vs. non-predictable). The first-fixation time, the gaze duration, the second-pass time and the right-bounded time were analyzed. The results showed that(1)eye-movement was controlled by low-level factors in the initial representation process while it was controlled by high-level factors in the integrated process;(2)eye-movement was influenced by working memory during the course of contents integration.

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THE PHONETIC RETRIEVAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIC CHILDREN Liu Xiangping,Ding Ding,Yang Shuang 2005, 3(3):  169-172.  Abstract ( )   PDF (423KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics In the processing of information retrieving from short-term memory, dyslexic children lose some information and recall less information, because the quantity of recalling information is influenced by deficits of central executive system. This experiment designed two tasks: recalling no-sense syllable and Chinese glossary to find out the characteristics of phonetic retrieving in dyslexic children. The results are as followings:(1)In the tasks of phonetic retrieving, the dyslexic children lost more information than the normal children because of their deficits in central executive system.(2)In the tasks of keeping no-sense phonetic information, dyslexic children performed as well as the normal children. In the processing of retrieving phonetic information, dyslexic children had a lower ability to utilize semantic clue to help to memory than the normal children did.

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EYE MOVEMENT RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF STIMULI PRESENTING MODE ON UNDERGRADUATES′ CLASSIFICATION Dai Binrong,Yin Guo′en 2005, 3(3):  173-177.  Abstract ( )   PDF (428KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Model 504 Eye tracker was used in the experiment. The experiment was 2×3 mixed design. Classification index and eye movements index were investigated including 3 sets of different stimuli pictures which were presented in 2 conditions of 24 undergraduates whose sights were normal. The results were as follows: First, the effect of stimuli presenting mode on classification was significant while the effect of material on classification was not significant. Second, the effect of stimuli presenting mode was significant in terms of the numbers of area of interest, duration of fixation, times of fixation, frequency of fixation and duration of each fixation while the effect of material on these index were not significant.

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EFFECT OF PHONETIC CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN RADICAL AND CHARACTER ON NAMING TASKS Mu Jin,Han Buxin,Chen Tianyong 2005, 3(3):  178-181.  Abstract ( )   PDF (475KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Effect of phonetic correspondence between radical and character on naming these units were observed. Phonetically identical, partial identical, different, unreadable radicals or characters were presented either 57ms or 900ms and named in four experiments. The results are as follows: Identical correspondent radical facilitated radical naming while partially identical and different correspondent radical inhibiting it. The unreadable radicals showed facilitating effect on character naming, while the other three types of correspondences showed inhibiting effect with the identical correspondence had the highest effect. The conclusion is correspondences of radicals showed facilitate effect on radical naming, but inhibitory effect on character naming depending on the number of components in and frequency of the radical.

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EFFECTS OF PARENTING IDEAS′ TYPES ON PERSONALITY TRAITS OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN Zou Ping,Yang Lizhu 2005, 3(3):  182-187.  Abstract ( )   PDF (617KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The main purpose of this study was to explore how parenting ideas′ types influenced personality traits of preschool children. By using of self-reported Parenting Inventory and Teachers′ Evaluating Questionnaires, data were collected from 400 children aged from 3-6 years old and their parents from 6 kindergartens in Dalian of China. Results showed that by Analysis of cluster, the parenting ideas could be classified into three types, they were positive type, inconsistent type and low standard type. They had different effects on personality traits of preschool children. Positive type was valuable to personality traits of preschool children. Inconsistent type and low standard type had some negative effects on personality traits of children.

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RESEARCH ON THE MECHANISM OF THE INSIGHT PROBLEM SOLVING Yao Haijuan,Shen Deli 2005, 3(3):  188-193.  Abstract ( )   PDF (646KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics At present, psychologists often discuss about two theories of the mechanism on insight problem solving: progress monitoring theory and representational change theory. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism of insight problem solving. Now we used unlimited move problems(the car park game),The results were as follows:(1)The progress monitoring theory could explain why the performance of some problem solvers are better than the others.(2)The representational change theory could explain why problems were solved.

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AGE OF ACQUISITION, FAMILIARITY, CONCRETENESS AND FREQUENCY EFFECTS OF WORDS ON COLLEGE STUDENT′S EYE MOVEMENGS IN READING Zhang Xianfeng,Yan Guoli 2005, 3(3):  194-198.  Abstract ( )   PDF (486KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The present experiment investigated age of acquisition(AOA), familiarity, concreteness and frequency effects of words on inspection duration(first fixation, single fixation, gaze duration and total fixation). AOA, familiarity and frequency of words were found to influence reading time. Both words familiarity and frequency showed an early but lasting influence on eye fixation durations. AOA influenced the early processes of word recognition.

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EYE MOVEMENT STUDY ON INTERFACE DESIGN OF MP3 PLAYER Yang Haibo,Duan Haijun 2005, 3(3):  199-204.  Abstract ( )   PDF (554KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Eye tracking techniques and subjective assessment were employed to examine how participants assess the interfaces of MP3 players, which involved in different colors(silver white and red)and different shapes(round, elliptical, square and rectangle). The results showed that：Participants were more interested in function keys area than other areas of MP3 players. That′s to say, they were concerned about the function of intercommunion. What′s more, participants preferred to round MP3 player than other shapes.

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THE INFLUENCE OF CONTEXT AND VERB INFORMATION ON THEMATIC ROLE ASSIGNMENT Shi Ruiping,Bai Xuejun,Li Li 2005, 3(3):  205-209.  Abstract ( )   PDF (448KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Using DMDX system and decision task, we studied the role of context and limited verb information in thematic role assignment. Participants were collage students. The results showed that: participants could anticipate object on the base of context and limited verb information. When antecedent of context turned into object, participants could use context information and limited verb information to assign a role to antecedent before a clear syntax role assignment.

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RELATIONS BETWEEN CHILDREN′S IMPLICIT TRAIT BELIEFS AND RESPONSES TO SOCIAL FAILURE Wang Meifang,Zhang Liping,Su Xia 2005, 3(3):  210-213.  Abstract ( )   PDF (446KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The present study examined the relations between Chinese children′s implicit trait beliefs and their responses to social failure, with a sample of 160 participants aged 4~12 from a kindergarten and a primary school in Jinan City. The results indicated:(1)Compared with younger children, the older ones coped with social failure more positively.(2)Facing with social failure, the more children view personality traits as uncontrollable, the more negative and fewer positive group entry strategies they addressed and vice versa.(3)Compared with incremental theorists, entity theorists were more likely to attribute social failure to themselves, and their self-evaluation decreased more sharply after social failure, while there were no significant differences in their task persistence, future expectation and feelings.

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THE INFLUENCE OF THE RELATED DEGREE OF POLYSEMOUS WORD′S MEANINGS ON THE LEXICAL DECISION TIMES Chen Baoguo,Zhou Huixia 2005, 3(3):  214-218.  Abstract ( )   PDF (438KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The influence of the related degree of a polysemous word′s meanings on the lexical decision times was explored. The results showed that the relatedness of a polysemous word′s meanings did not affect the Chinese two-character word lexical decision time.The polysemous word produced the faster lexical decision time than the time of nonpolysemous word in low frequency words. The possible explanation was suggested.

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COMPARISON STUDY ON ADOLESCENT′S IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT SELF-ESTEEM Zhang Zhen,Li Yousui 2005, 3(3):  219-224.  Abstract ( )   PDF (591KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The study used two procedures to measure implicit and explicit self-esteem of adolescents and youths. Implicit self-esteem was measured with Implicit Association Test(IAT), and explicit self-esteem was measured with three self-report scales of self-esteem. The results were as follows: Implicit self-esteem existed in adolescents and youths across gender and age;Neither implicit self-esteem nor explicit self-esteem was significantly correlated with gender; Implicit self-esteem was not significantly correlated with age; Explicit self-esteem was associated with age, and senior high school students showed lower self-esteem in explicit level than other two grades;Scores of IAT were not significantly correlated with scores of self-report scales, and the low correlation between two procedures partly supported dual dissociation theory of self-esteem.

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THE RELATION BETWEEN EXTRAVERSION AND HAPPINESS RELATED VARIABLES An Qin 2005, 3(3):  225-228.  Abstract ( )   PDF (395KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics To study direct and indirect effects of extraversion on happiness, the present paper aimed at constructing the relation model between extraversion and happiness related variables. The CEQ, social interaction scale, social support scale, coping style scale and affect scale were administered to 342 subjects, and structural equation model was used to identify the model. Extraversion had direct effects on happiness and indirect effects on happiness by social interaction, social support, coping style. The relation between extraversion and related variables was discussed in the end.

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IMPACTS OF SOCIAL CULTURE FACTORS UPON MENTAL HEALTH Zhang Xiangkui,Cong Xiaobo 2005, 3(3):  229-233.  Abstract ( )   PDF (591KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics This paper tried to discuss mental health issues from the viewpoint of formation of human life and its expressive means, namely, social culture, and regarded mental health issues as indispensable links where individuals could realize the nature of their lives and possessed the essential strength of human beings. The formation of human life determined the social culture orientation of mental health. Social culture constituted the whole process and result of the activities of human lives. Different social cultures exerted different definitions of mental health, formed different regularities of mental health issues, and had different solutions to mental health issues.

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REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON TEACHERS JOB BURNOUT Li Yongxin,Zhang Kuo,Zhao Guoxiang 2005, 3(3):  234-238.  Abstract ( )   PDF (572KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Burnout was a psychological syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment that could occur among individuals who worked with other people in some capacity. The causation of burnout and influential factors were discussed. At last, the measurement and diagnosable methods of burnout were recommended.