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DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE ADOLESCENCE COPING STYLES SCALE Liang Baoyong 2006, 4(3):  161-167.  Abstract ( )   PDF (700KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics In the current study, a scale entitled the Chinese Adolescence Coping Styles Scale(CACSS)was developed. 40 items and eight dimensions of the scale were determined based on coping theories, an open questionnaire, and twice preparatory testing. The eight dimensions are problem(situation)-focused coping strategies, emotion expression-focused coping strategies, intellectualization-rationalization, behavioral-physiological strategies, denial-repression, avoidance and help-seeking strategies, cathartic-enduring-submissive strategies, emotion-directed against behavioral strategies. The statistics indicated that CACSS had satisfactory reliability and validity index.

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DEVELOPMENT OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION SCALE IN ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH DIALESIS Ma Huixia,Bai Xuejun 2006, 4(3):  168-171.  Abstract ( )   PDF (409KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The present paper is to introduce an Interpersonal Communication Scale(ICS)in adolescent mental health dialesis. According to the theory of adolescent mental health diathesis, the ICS includs three subscales: the ability of communication, the interpersonal perception and the interpersonal monitor. There were 21 items in the ICS. Through analysising the results of 3 times testing, it was calculated that the Cronbach α and retest reliability and structural validity of the ICS. The conclusion was that the ICS meets the criteria of psychometrics, and it could be used in research of the adolescent mental health dialesis.

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EYE MOVEMENT STUDY ON PERFUME ADVERTISEMENTS Bai Xuejun,Zhang Yu,Yao Haijuan,Zang Chuanli 2006, 4(3):  172-176.  Abstract ( )   PDF (437KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The Eyelink Ⅱ Eye Tracker was used to investigate the eye movement of college students while they were viewing the perfume advertisements. The experiment design was 4(position of perfume: top left corner, top right corner, bottom left corner, bottom right corner)×3(background: model, advertisement words, landscape)×2(area of interest: perfume, background)within subjects design. The results showed that: 1)The significant differences were found on fixation duration and fixation count for different positions of perfume; 2)The fixation duration and fixation count on the perfumes located at the bottom were more than that located at the top, namely when the background was models, the fixation duration and fixation count of perfumes located at bottom left were more than those of others, while when the background was advertisement texts, the fixation duration and fixation count of perfumes located at top left were more than those others; 3)The fixation duration and fixation count of the advertisements with landscape background were more than those with model and texts.

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THE EYE MOVEMENT STUDY ON THE MING DYNASTY AND MODERN STYLE FURNITURE Tao Yun,Chen Rui,Qiu Zhitao 2006, 4(3):  177-179.  Abstract ( )   PDF (398KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics EyelinkⅡ was used to study the aesthetic preference among various kinds of furniture using. 36 participants in different ages participated the research and the results showed that: 1)There were significant differences of total fixation time, total fixation times and average fixation times between Ming Dynasty style and modern style furniture. 2)There′s significant difference of total fixation times on the area of interest between the Ming Dynasty style and the modern style furniture. 3)There′s no significant difference of total fixation time, total fixation times and average fixation times among different ages, i.e., age made no effect on aesthetic preference.

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A SURVEY ON MENTAL HEALTH OF RURAL MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENTS Zhang Gangying 2006, 4(3):  180-183.  Abstract ( )   PDF (433KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics In this study, 545 rural middle-school students investigated with SCL-90, and the result indicated that the mental health of the rural middle-school students existed some problems and had differences in sex and age. The author analysed the existing problems thoroughly, and suggested some measures to solve them.

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INVESTIGATION OF TEACHERS′ PERSONALITY TRAITS IN HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL Wu Guolai,Wo Jianzhong 2006, 4(3):  184-187.  Abstract ( )   PDF (432KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics In the current work, Five typical personality traits of 1005 high middle school teachers were examined by using the psychometric quality of the revised NEO Personality Inventory(NEO-PI-R). The results showed that the agreeableness and conscientiousness of high middle school teachers had the highest score. The neuroticism had the lowest score. The score of old and middle age teachers was higher than that of young teachers. From the perspective of teachers traits, there was sex difference for agreeableness of high school teachers. In the high educational background, the age below 25 years old teachers got the highest score. There was no difference for all traits of the teachers in different professional positions.

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REPRESENTATION OF ARITHMETIC WORD PROBLEMS: EVIDENCE FROM UNDERGRADUATES′ EYE FIXATIONS Zhang Jinkun,Shen Deli,Zang Chuanli 2006, 4(3):  188-193.  Abstract ( )   PDF (544KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics In the current study EyelinkⅡ Eye tracking system was used to examine the arithmetic word problems representation strategies of 21 undergraduates. The experiment was a mixed design, 2（successful or unsuccessful）×2（consistent or inconsistent）×2（with or without outlying information）. The between factor was successful or unsuccessful subject, the within factors were consistency problem or inconsistency problem which had three steps, and whether plugged the outlying information. During the experiment, subjects were asked to recall the target word problems. The results indicated that when undergraduates represented the three-step problems, the strategies they used includs direct translation strategy and problem model strategy. When solving the more difficult word problems, successful undergraduates were inclined to process the situation of the word problem, called problem model strategy, while unsuccessful undergraduates were inclined to use direct translation strategy.

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THE COGNITIVE EFFECT IN BRANDS EXTENSION EVALUATION: EVIDENCE FROM AN EYE MOVEMENT STUDY Yang Haibo 2006, 4(3):  194-199.  Abstract ( )   PDF (544KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Eye-tracking techniques and ambiguous sentence paradigm were used to examine how consumers evaluated the cognitive effect in brand extension of different kinds of brands. Participants who were college students were presented with sentences, which could only be fully understood if they made an inference that was based on extending the meaning, associated with the brand name. The results showed that: 1)Brand extension should be executed in certain range, which was created by the father brand; 2)There was no significant extension difference among different categories.

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STATISTICAL METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH: SOME IMPORTANT ISSUES Chen Qishan 2006, 4(3):  200-206.  Abstract ( )   PDF (834KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Statistics is the discipline concerned with the study of population, variation, and methods of data reduction, and with the study of decision-making in the face of uncertainty. Statistical method plays an important role in psychological research and it is very important to use it appropriately. However, a lot of misused of statistics and lie exist in psychological research at intervals. By combining some experts′ viewpoint and the author′s research, the author discusses such general issues as the use of biased and small sample, the lack of potential variables, exaggerating of statistical diagrams, reflect on reliability and significance test, causality, and so on. The theoretical problem underlying each is highlighted and suggested solutions are provided.

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EYE MOVEMENT STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF HEURISTIC INFORMATION IN INSIGHT PROBLEM SOLVING Yao Haijuan,Shen Deli 2006, 4(3):  207-212.  Abstract ( )   PDF (690KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Match arithmetic problems were used to investigate the effects of heuristic information in insight problem solving and the characteristic of on-line process about individuals with different cognitive styles. The experimental design was 2(types of problem: A, B)×2(types of heuristic: heuristic team, control team)×2(cognitive style: Field Independent, Field Dependent)×5(areas of interest: the first number, plus sign, the second number, equal sign and result). The results showed that compared to field dependence solvers, field independence solvers achieved heuristic information more effectively to reduce processing load and they improved processing efficiency; heuristic information promoted problem solvers from value representation to symbol representation, and insight occurred successfully.

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EYE MOVEMENT STUDY ON THE GRAPHIC FAST PRIMING IN CHINESE READING Wang Wenjing,Yan Guoli 2006, 4(3):  213-217.  Abstract ( )   PDF (637KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The graphically related characters was used as priming item to test if there was fast priming during Chinese reading and the time course of graphic activation during Chinese character recognition was discussed. In experiment 1, naming task was used to test if there was graphic priming effect in three priming time conditions, the results showed that the graphic priming effect was significant only at priming time of 35ms. In experiment 2, Eyelink Ⅱ eye tracker was used to investigate the graphic fast priming in Chinese reading, the results showed that there was no significant priming effects in the three priming time conditions.

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EYE MOVEMENT OF THE PREDICTABLE INFERENCES IN ADOLESCENT′S READING Zhou Yuanyuan 2006, 4(3):  218-224.  Abstract ( )   PDF (587KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics This research was adopted 2(WM capacity: high or low)×2(context: predicting or control)×2(target: inferential or non-predictable)×3(grade: grade two in junior high school, grade two in senior high school, grade two in college)mixed designs. There were 10 high working memory capacity and 10 low working memory capacity participants in each grade. Using ASL 504 model eye-tracker system, we explored the mechanism of high predictive inference. The results were as following: 1)predictivity inferences could generated during reading, but with some delay. The mechanism of predictivity inferences supported constructionist theory. 2)The participants with high working memory capacity could shorten the time course of predictivity inferences. 3)There were developmental processes of predictivity inferences could generated during reading, namely,the capacity of predictivity inferences were increased from grade two in junior middle school to grade two in senior high school, but after the senior high school, the capacity of predictivity inferences were not improved.

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THE DEVELOPMENTAL STUDY ON THE READING COMPREHENSION MONITORING OF THE EFFICIENT AND INEFFICIENT READERS Liu Xinyan,Guan Shanling,Feng Bencai,Fan Xiaohong,Guo jie 2006, 4(3):  225-229.  Abstract ( )   PDF (457KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The present paper probed the characteristics of reading comprehension monitoring for the excellent readers and the inefficient readers from different grades by the error detection and the comprehension-confidence-evaluating method. The number of students for error detection, error detection performances, comprehension-confidence-evaluating achievements, reading time and the reading comprehension achievements were used as analytical indexes. The results were as follows: 1)Reading comprehension monitoring ability of the inefficient readers was inferior to the excellent readers. 2)Student comprehension monitoring ability for low difficult error information was better than that for high difficulty. 3)Students reading monitoring ability was enhanced with the grade.

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THE REVIEW OF SWIFT-Ⅱ Liu Liping,Liu Haijian,Hu Xiaoyu 2006, 4(3):  230-235.  Abstract ( )   PDF (699KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The present paper focused on the basic standpoint of SWIFT-Ⅱ which was the latest development of SWIFT model. SWIFT-Ⅱ model could better analyse the simulated results of the model than SWIFT-Ⅰ model. It could also explain more phenomena of reading than SWIFT-Ⅰ such as: effects of length and frequency, distributions of fixation durations, regressions, re-fixation, initial landing positions, etc. At last, SWIFT-Ⅱmodel and E-Z Reader model were compored.

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REVIEW OF OCULOMOTOR MEASURES IN CURRENT READING RESEARCH Zhang Xianfeng,Ye Wenling 2006, 4(3):  236-240.  Abstract ( )   PDF (476KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The oculomotor measures were mainly introduced in the current paper. The oculomotor measures included fixation time, saccade, regression, pupil diameter and so on. From the perspective of word based and area based analyses, the relations were analyzed between the reading process and the oculomotor measures. At last, suggestions were put forward on the selection and use of the ocolormotor measures.