Young children’s analogical problem solving: Gaining insights from video displays

This study examined how toddlers gain insights from source video displays and use the insights to solve analogous problems. The sample of 2- and 2.5-year-olds viewed a source video illustrating a problem-solving strategy and then attempted to solve analogous problems. Older, but not younger, toddlers extracted the problem-solving strategy depicted in the video and spontaneously transferred the strategy to solve isomorphic problems. Transfer by analogy from the video was evident only when the video illustrated the complete problem goal structure, including the character’s intention and the action needed to achieve a goal. The same action isolated from the problem-solving context did not serve as an effective source analogue. These results illuminate the development of early representation and processes involved in analogical problem solving. Theoretical and educational implications are discussed.     

The Interim Service Preferences of Parents Waiting for Children’s Mental Health Treatment: A Discrete Choice Conjoint Experiment

Parents seeking help for children with mental health problems are often assigned to a waiting list. We used a discrete choice conjoint experiment to model preferences for interim services that might be used while waiting for the formal assessment and treatment process to begin. A sample of 1,059 parents (92 % mothers) seeking mental health services for 4 to 16 year olds chose between hypothetical interim services composed by experimentally varying combinations of the levels of 13 interim service attributes. Latent Class analysis yielded a four–segment solution. All segments preferred interim options helping them understand how agencies work, enhancing their parenting knowledge and skill, and providing an opportunity to understand or begin dealing with their own difficulties. The Group Contact segment (35.1 %) preferred interim services in meetings with other parents, supported by phone contacts, frequent checkup calls, and wait–time updates. Virtual Contact parents (29.2 %) preferred to meet other parents in small internet chat groups supported by e–mail contact. Membership in this segment was linked to higher education and computer skills. Frequent Contact parents (24.4 %) preferred face–to–face interim services supported by weekly progress checks and wait time updates. Limited Contact parents (11.3 %) were less intent on using interim services. They preferred to pursue interim services alone, with contacts by phone, supported by fewer check–up calls and less frequent wait time updates. All segments were more likely to enroll in interim services involving their child.     

Genetic and Environmental Influences on Adolescent Rumination and its Association with Depressive Symptoms

Rumination is an important cognitive vulnerability for adolescent and adult depression. However, little is known about the aetiological origins of rumination, as well as its association with depression. Adolescent rumination (self-report) and depressive symptoms (self- and parent-report) were assessed in 674 pairs of same-gender Chinese adolescent twins (11–17 years of age). Females accounted for 53.7 % of the sample. There were significant correlations between self-reported rumination and self-reported depression (r?=?0.41), as well as parent-reported adolescent depression (r?=?0.22). Genetic influences were significant and modest on all three measures, ranging from 24 % to 42 %. The three measures were also significantly influenced by shared environment, ranging from 20 % to 28 %, and non-shared environmental factors, ranging from 30 % to 56 %. Moreover, the genetic correlations between rumination and depression were significant (within-rater: r _g?=?0.99; cross-rater: r _g?=?0.59) and largely accounted for the phenotypic correlations (within-rater: 68 %; cross-rater: 77 %), while non-shared environmental correlations were also significant (within-rater: r _e?=?0.26; cross-rater: r _e?=?0.12) and accounted for the remainder of the phenotypic correlations (within-rater: 32 %; cross-rater: 23 %). The shared environmental correlations were non-significant. No significant gender and age differences were found in aetiological models. These findings suggest that rumination may be an endophenotype reflecting genetic risk for depression.     

Sinful flesh: Sexual objectification threatens women's moral self

The current investigation examined whether sexual objectification leads to perceived contamination in women victims, which, in turn, triggers sinful feelings. The results of three experiments provide converging support for these predictions. Female participants reported greater sinful feelings than their non-objectified counterparts, after receiving objectifying comments on their physical appearance from an alleged male partner (Experiment 1) or recalling a past experience of objectification (Experiments 2 and 3). Furthermore, perceived contamination mediated the effect of objectification on sinful feelings. We also found that perceived personal responsibility of being objectified moderated the above effects, such that the effects were only observed among participants who perceived themselves as highly responsible for objectification experience, but not among those who perceived low personal responsibility. These findings contribute to the literature by explaining why objectification elicits sinful feelings in female victims and who is more susceptible to this influence.     

父母教养方式与拖延:完美主义的中介作用

采用父母教养方式问卷、佛洛斯特多维完美主义量表和一般拖延量表对315位大学生进行调查,建立父母教养方式、完美主义和拖延的结构方程模型,考察完美主义在父母教养方式与拖延之间的中介作用。结果发现:(1)消极的父母教养方式负向预测适应性完美主义,正向预测非适应性完美主义;(2)适应性完美主义负向预测拖延,非适应性完美主义正向预测拖延;(3)父母教养方式通过完美主义的中介作用影响拖延行为,非适应性完美主义者易拖延,适应性完美主义者则不易拖延。     

多因素特质内隐联想测验(MFT-IAT)在多维度自我概念内隐测量中的应用

运用多因素特质内隐联想测验(MFT-IAT),对田纳西自我概念五个维度的内隐效应进行了测量。结果表明:(1)田纳西自我概念五个维度均表现出了显著的内隐效应,自我概念的内隐效应表现为与他人相比,个体与积极词语的联结更为紧密;(2)MFT-IAT可以有效地测量多维度自我概念的内隐效应。     

视觉和听觉通道下减法与乘法心算加工的ERP特征

研究加工通道的差异以及减法和乘法心算的编码特征,选择100道心算算式,在视觉和听觉两种输入通道下记录并分析了14例正常人的脑事件相关电位(ERP)。结果发现,视觉和听觉通道引发了趋势相反的早中期成分,在额区和中央区产生了显著分离。在慢波阶段,听觉通道下更多激活了颞区,而视觉通道下更多激活了顶-枕区,且慢电位的ERP特征也表现出通道差异。减法和乘法运算以左半球激活为主,但听觉通道下的顶区和颞区出现了显著的右半球优势。减法在视觉通道下优势较大,说明其主要依赖视空间表征;而乘法在听觉通道下更具优势,则主要是由于其以听觉的言语表征方式为主。     

新生代知识员工队伍的工作家庭冲突——基于人口特征差异交互效应的视角

本研究以来自高科技企业的500名新生代知识员工为样本,采用单因变量多因素方差分析法揭示了工作家庭冲突的人口特征差异,以及不同人口特征变量之间的交互效应。检验结果表明：（1）新生代知识员工的工作家庭冲突存在显著的性别差异与工龄差异,而职位层次差异并不显著;（2）工作家庭冲突的性别差异分别与工龄差异、职位层次差异之间存在显著的二维交互效应;（3）性别差异与工龄差异、职位层次差异之间存在显著的三维交互效应。     

中学生的心理理论在冲突道义情境中的特点*

创设了习俗领域和个人领域两类道义情境故事,在每类故事中又呈现领域内冲突和领域间冲突两种规则冲突类型,考察了176名中学生对道义情境故事中行为者和规则制定者的想法、感受和行为倾向等方面的认识,来分析中学生心理理论的发展特点。结果表明：（1）中学生被预测对于习俗领域中的两个规则倾向会给予相同的理解,在个人领域中会倾向于接受其他制定者的规则。（2）教师被预测在领域间冲突规则中会对违规学生有较多负面看法。（3）不同年级、不同性别中学生对冲突道义情境中心理理论问题的认识基本一致。结论中学生对于中学生自身及成人的认识和行为预测,因不同的道义情境领域和冲突规则而会有所不同。     

工作场所中的主观幸福感干预研究*

旨在探讨基于持续幸福理论的感恩、助人和追求目标的主观幸福感干预方法在国内工作场所中的有效性。采用随机分组安慰剂控制的方式,将3家企业的140名员工随机分为3个干预组、1个安慰剂控制组和1个空白对照组,进行持续一周的干预,并分别在干预前、干预结束时和干预结束2周后对被试的主观幸福感进行测试。结果发现记录感恩能够显著提升生活满意度;助人行为能够显著提升生活满意度、积极情绪,且能降低消极情绪;追求目标能显著提升生活满意度和降低消极情绪。结果表明上述三种干预方法能有效提高工作场所人员的主观幸福感。