康德宗教哲学对我们的启示

在这个演讲里,笔者试图从康德的哲学与宗教观里发现西方文化的心理镜像结构,并以此来参照对比中国文化的心灵结构,结合个人的经验对二者都有所论衡。     

信息载体对初一学生认知负荷与态度偏好的影响

使用认知负荷量表和态度偏好问卷,以相同文章为材料,探究初一学生基于不同信息载体(纸质、电脑、电子阅读器)的认知负荷和态度偏好的差异。结果显示:(1)纸质阅读组的认知负荷大于电脑组和电子阅读器组;(2)电脑组和电子阅读器组的认知负荷和态度偏好均不存在显著差异;(3)被试基于特定载体的认知负荷和态度偏好呈现显著的负相关。所有结果均表明:初一年级的学生更加喜欢进行电子阅读。因此,在现实教学中不必只使用纸质材料,还可适当使用电子阅读。     

A business frame perspective on why perceptions of top management's bottom-line mentality result in employees’ good and bad behaviors

Emerging research suggests that bottom-line mentalities (BLMs) (i.e., a sole focus on bottom-line outcomes to the exclusion of other considerations) can have dysfunctional consequences within the workplace. However, research has yet to consider how and why BLMs may result in both beneficial and dysfunctional organizational outcomes. In the present research, we examine employees’ perceptions of top management's BLM as a type of business frame that results in two cognitive states. Under the influence of this business frame, employees may adopt a mental preoccupation with work (i.e., a state of ongoing work-related cognitions) that propels beneficial employee outcomes by reducing customer incivility and enhancing customer service performance. Yet, also in response to top management's high BLM as a business frame, employees may adopt self-interest cognitions (i.e., a cognitive state of self-interest) that instigate customer-directed unethical conduct. Across two field studies, we found general support for our hypotheses. Taken together, our findings suggest that perceptions of top management's high BLM can be a mixed blessing in that it may drive employees to adopt focused work efforts (mental preoccupation with work), but also self-interest cognitions, with each cognitive state predicting beneficial or dysfunctional behaviors. We discuss the implications of these findings and directions for future research.     

The role of inhibitory control in the development of analogical reasoning: From general to specific

This study examined the role of inhibitory control in the development of analogical reasoning using inter-task priming paradigms. In Experiment 1, 25 seven-year-olds, 27 nine-year-olds, and 27 adults completed Stroop tasks, which activated general inhibitory control ability, before analogical reasoning tasks. Children and adults performed faster on analogical reasoning tasks when they were primed by Stroop tasks. This priming effect was found to be stronger in children than in adults. In Experiment 2, 25 seven-year-olds, 28 nine-year-olds, and 28 adults completed relative number matching tasks, a more task-relevant inhibitory control task, before analogical reasoning tasks. The children and adults performed faster on analogical reasoning tasks when primed by relative number matching tasks. The priming effect was greater in seven-year-olds than in nine-year-olds and was greater in nine-year-olds than in adults. Thus, inhibitory control, whether assessed with general or specific tasks, played a priming role in analogical reasoning.     

认知能量模型--一种更为综合的ADHD认知理论

认知能量模型是J.A.Sergeant等人提出的一种解释ADHD缺陷机制的综合性实证理论。该模型基于信息加工理论,结合了状态因素理论和几种相对成熟的模型,尝试对ADHD提供一种较为理想的解释。本文在此对该模型的基本观点、模型结构及其有关的实证研究进行介绍,并探讨认知能量模型对于未来ADHD研究的启示。     

The role of linguistic labels in inductive generalization

What is the role of linguistic labels in inductive generalization? According to one approach labels denote categories and differ from object features, whereas according to another approach labels start out as features and may become category markers in the course of development. This issue was addressed in four experiments with 4- and 5-year-olds and adults. In Experiments 1 to 3, we replicated Yamauchi and Markman’s findings with adults (Journal of Memory and Language, 1998, Vol. 39, pp. 124–148, and Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2000, Vol. 26, pp. 776–795) and extended the paradigm to young children. In Experiment 4, we compared effects of labels with those of highly salient visual features. Overall, results of these experiments provide strong support for the idea that early in development labels function the same way as other features, but they may become category markers in the course of development. A related finding is that whereas categorization and induction may be different processes in adults, they seem to be equivalent in young children. These results are discussed with respect to theories of development of inductive generalization.     

On Whether B-Theoretic Atheists Should Fear Death

In this paper I revisit a dispute between Mikel Burley and Robin Le Poidevin about whether or not the B-theory of time can give its adherents any reason to be less afraid of death. In ‘Should a B-theoretic atheist fear death?’, Burley argues that even on Le Poidevin’s understanding of the B-theory, atheists shouldn’t be comforted. His reason is that the prevalent B-theoretic account of our attitudes towards the past and future precludes treating our fear of death as unwarranted. I examine his argument and provide a tentative defense of Le Poidevin. I claim that while Burley rightly spots a tension with a non-revisionary approach to our ordinary emotional life, he doesn’t isolate the source of that tension. The real question is how to understand Le Poidevin’s idea that on the B-theory, we and our lives are ‘eternally real’. I then suggest that there is a view of time that does justice to Le Poidevin’s remarks, albeit a strange one. The view takes temporal relations to be quasi-spatial and temporal entities to exist in a totum simul.     

Cross-Cultural Examination of Psychopathy Network in Chinese and U.S. Prisoners

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment - Although psychopathic personality has been described as a syndrome comprising three or four distinct personality domains, there is still no...     

基于正则化的探索性中介分析:原理与应用

探索性中介分析被定义为从变量集合中筛选潜在中介变量的方法,该方法能在缺乏理论基础的情况下帮助研究者从数据中挖掘潜在中介机制,提供模型构建上的指导。本文介绍了一种基于正则化的探索性中介分析方法XMed(exploratory mediation analysis via regularization)。相比于传统探索性中介分析方法,XMed具有检验力更高、所需样本量更小、能高效地处理高维数据等优点,在认知神经科学、临床心理学等心理学领域有较大的应用潜力。本文主要介绍XMed的原理和实现过程,并通过实例分析展示该方法的应用。     

基督教与川康民族地区的禁毒努力(1939-1949)

川康地区是近代中国烟毒泛滥的重灾区,在该地区从事传教活动的基督教传教士,不仅致力于禁烟的宣传工作,还采取积极措施劝导边民及协助政府禁烟。传教士不仅帮助政府对边地烟毒屡禁不止的原因进行深入分析,积极参与到禁烟的具体行动中,而且还帮助政府处理与禁戒烟毒有关的善后事宜。传教士的禁烟措施改变了边地民众吸食大烟的恶习,促进了边民的身体健康,有利于边地社会的稳定和发展;改善了政府与边地的紧张关系,使边民对政府的信任度增强;密切了边民与基督教的关系,便于基督教会各种活动的开展。