Influence of Mind Wandering and Working Memory on Junior High School Students' Reading Comprehension

Abstract

Abstract: Mind wandering (for short as MW) is a non-autonomous endogenous consciousness experience due to individual spontaneous inner causes, which is a special attention dispersion state. To explore whether mind wandering as a personal trait and transient state of consciousness and working memory affect junior high school students' reading comprehension,101 junior high school students took participant in MW questionnaires, SART and WM experiments. The results showed that: 1) mind wandering of junior high school students was relatively low; 2) mind wandering frequency showed a significant main effect on prose reading; 3) mind wandering frequency moderated the main effect of working memory span, which directly affect prose reading.

Key words: mind wandering, working memory span, reading comprehension, junior high school students

摘要： 心智游移（mind wandering，MW）是一种特殊的注意分散状态，是个体内部自发的一种非自主内源性意识体验。选取101名初一学生被试，采用心智游移频率问卷和SART测验研究初中生的心智游移特质和状态，并分别考察两种角度中的心智游移、工作记忆对初中生阅读理解的影响，结果表明：（1）初中生的心智游移相对较低；（2）心智游移影响初中生的散文阅读；（3）工作记忆影响初中生的散文阅读，且心智游移在其中起调节作用。

关键词: 心智游移, 工作记忆广度, 阅读理解, 初中生

CLC Number:

B842.7

KONG Haiyan, SUN Yu, SONG Guangwen. Influence of Mind Wandering and Working Memory on Junior High School Students' Reading Comprehension[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2018, 16(3): 362-370,377.

孔海燕, 孙雨, 宋广文. 心智游移、工作记忆对初中生阅读理解的影响[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2018, 16(3): 362-370,377.

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