Effects of payment notifications on consumer purchase decisions: The role of pain of payment

Payment notifications are becoming ubiquitous due to the popularity of online payment, which are usually considered to be records of consumption. However, the effect of payment notifications on consumer behavior has not been fully understood. Given this research void, this study explores the effects of payment notifications on consumers' consumption amount during a multiple-purchase shopping journey. Considering the prevalence of online payment in China, we conducted four experiments using Chinese samples. The results confirm that payment notifications can evoke consumers' pain of payment, which consequently reduces consumers' subsequent shopping amount. Additionally, we argue that the effects of payment notifications on consumer behavior are different in the early/late stage of the shopping journey or in the gift-purchasing/self-purchasing conditions. The findings of this article could help payment application developers to better design payment notification functions.     

Efficiency of graphical perception

The term graphical perception refers to the part played by visual perception in analyzing graphs. Computer graphics have stimulated interest in the perceptual pros and cons of different formats for displaying data. One way of evaluating the effectiveness of a display is to measure the efficiency (as defined by signal-detection theory) with which an observer extracts information from the graph. We measured observers' efficiencies in detecting differences in the means or variances of pairs of data sets sampled from Gaussian distributions. Sample size ranged from 1 to 20 for viewing times of 0.3 or 1 sec. The samples were displayed in three formats: numerical tables, scatterplots, and luminance-coded displays. Efficiency was highest for the scatterplots (approximately equal to 60% for both means and variances) and was only weakly dependent on sample size and exposure time. The pattern of results suggests parallel perceptual computation in which a constant proportion of the available information is used. Efficiency was lowest for the numerical tables and depended more strongly on sample size and viewing time. The results suggest serial processing in which a fixed amount of the available information is processed in a given time.     

中国医疗事业发展的思考

中国医疗事业有了很发展,医疗资源显著增加,城乡居民医疗服务水平明显提高。面临的主要问题是医疗资源的城乡及地区判别仍很大;干部,职工及农民的医疗服务水平存在明显差距。医疗机构的服务效率及效益逐年下降,医疗资源不足与浪费现象同时存在。中国医疗改革的策略应是：改革现行医疗保健制度提高城市居民的医疗保健水平;改革现行医疗机构的经济补偿机制,以控制医药费上升速度;加强政府对医疗事业的宏观管理,调整医疗资源的     

2岁儿童社会性行为发展及其与家庭因素的关系研究

采用陌生情境法等实验方法对52名2岁儿童社会性行为进行研究,同时对其父母用问卷了解儿童问题行为和各种家庭因素资料。研究结果显示我国2岁儿童：（1）安全型依恋比例较高,A型依恋无回避行为;（2）抗挫折和抗诱惑行为较差;（3）安全型依恋问题行为较少,非安全型依恋问题行为较多;（4）各行为间有显著相关;（5）儿童社会性行为与家庭背景、夫妻关系无显著相关,与家庭氛围,亲子关系及父母教养观念有显著相关。     

Effect on tipping of barman drawing a sun on the bottom of customers' checks

Previous research has demonstrated that a pleasant drawing (a smiling face) on a restaurant bill increased the number of tips left by clients. A similar experiment was carried out using a drawing of the sun since it is known that tips increase on sunny days. The experiment was carried out in local bars and involved clients who have ordered an espresso coffee. Analysis showed that the drawing of the sun led clients to leave a tip more frequently than when this drawing is not present. The size of the tip left was also higher. The hypothesis of the creation of a positive frame of mind by this stimulus is discussed.     

儿童成长型思维干预的理论基础和实践走向

思维模式是人们关于智力是否可塑的内隐信念,是个体内隐意义系统的核心和组织者。个体的思维模式可以分为成长型思维和固定型思维,其中成长型思维有利于儿童学习动机、自我效能和心理韧性的发展。早期的儿童成长型思维干预主要采用面对面的方式,近年来线上的短时程干预得到了快速发展,进而促进了干预的规模化应用,干预的内容也从内隐智力理论拓展到内隐人格理论。对干预效果的评估显示,成长型思维干预能够对儿童学业发展和社会适应产生可持续的促进作用,且对学业困难群体作用更为显著。未来的研究应重视面向对象的干预程序开发,创建有利于成长型思维发展的环境,同时应注意避免实践中的简单化偏差。     

Vergleiche zwischen sozialtherapeutischen Einrichtungen

The penal system and treatment programs, such as social therapy need to be evaluated. This is required by every relevant law that has come into force since the reform of the German federal system in 2006. Treatment and penal research would benefit if conventional designs comparing treated and untreated people, were supplemented by comparisons between organizations or organizational units with respect to success variables. This strategy, known as benchmarking in other sectors of society, has rarely been used in German penal research and is applied to social therapeutic treatment in the present article. Using data from a case documentation system, social therapy units in Lower Saxony were compared with respect to the allowance of privileges (temporary leave), treatment duration and employment status at the time of release. Multilevel models were applied. In all of the three dependent variables, distinct differences were found between the units that cannot solely be accounted for by the individual characteristics of the treated prisoners.     

汉字位置加工的词边界效应

为探讨汉字位置加工是否存在词边界效应,本研究采用掩蔽启动词汇决定任务和眼动追踪技术,通过2个实验考察了跨词边界和词内汉字转置对词汇识别的影响。实验均以四字词和两个双字词为靶子,对中间两个字进行操纵（转置或保持不变）。结果发现：靶子的注视时间（反应时）在跨词边界转置条件显著长于相同条件,在词内转置条件与相同条件差异不显著。结果表明：跨词边界汉字转置干扰词汇识别,汉字位置加工存在词边界效应。词切分的开始时间可能早于汉字位置加工,或二者是同时发生的。     

"情绪智力量表(EIS)"的多元概化理论分析

本文运用多元概化理论对情绪智力量表(EIS)的测量信度进行探讨,得到以下研究结论:(1)EIS的整体测量信度较高,它既可用于常模参照测验,也可用于标准参照测验;在它的四个维度中,感知情绪、自我调控情绪和调控他人情绪维度有较好的测量信度,而运用情绪维度的测量信度稍差,需要改善;(2)EIS在决定各因子的分量比例方面不尽完善;(3)要想提高运用情绪因子的测量信度,除了增加运用情绪分量表的题目数外,还得改进题目的质量.     

虚拟代理技术在电子商务中的应用及有关的人机工程学问题

电子商务是一种以信息网络为载体的新的经济运作模式。本文介绍了电子商务网站智能型虚拟代理的概念与用途,概述了电子商务网站在设置与使用虚拟代理时需要考虑的人机工程学问题,其中包括可信任度、中介性能、可靠、灵活性、增值服务和娱乐性等。最后,对这一新兴领域的研究趋势作了展望。