贫困问题:基于心理学的视角

贫困心理学,是在心理学视角下研究贫困问题的一种新研究取向,是心理学在贫困领域的最新运用。现阶段贫困心理学研究主要集中在主观幸福感、心理健康、行为决策等三个方面。贫困文化理论、稀缺理论、自我损耗论分别从贫困文化、稀缺心态以及意志力资源视角解释了贫困产生的心理机制。在摆脱贫困过程中需要打破贫困循环,未来贫困心理学研究需要进一步探讨贫困的产生机制、神经生理机制,贫困心理学的本土化研究以及心理学在扶贫工作中的应用等。     

(Re)evaluating the Implications of the Autoregressive Latent Trajectory Model Through Likelihood Ratio Tests of Its Initial Conditions

The autoregressive latent trajectory (ALT) model synthesizes the autoregressive model and the latent growth curve model. The ALT model is flexible enough to produce a variety of discrepant model-implied change trajectories. While some researchers consider this a virtue, others have cautioned that this may confound interpretations of the model's parameters. In this article, we show that some—but not all—of these interpretational difficulties may be clarified mathematically and tested explicitly via likelihood ratio tests (LRTs) imposed on the initial conditions of the model. We show analytically the nested relations among three variants of the ALT model and the constraints needed to establish equivalences. A Monte Carlo simulation study indicated that LRTs, particularly when used in combination with information criterion measures, can allow researchers to test targeted hypotheses about the functional forms of the change process under study. We further demonstrate when and how such tests may justifiably be used to facilitate our understanding of the underlying process of change using a subsample (N = 3,995) of longitudinal family income data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.     

等级反应模型下项目特征曲线等值法在大型考试中的应用

在中国最大的资格考试之一的经济专业资格考试中,为保证不同年度间考试的可比性、进行题库建设和为计算机自适应考试做准备,应用项目反应理论中等级反应模型下的项目特征曲线等值法,采用铆测验等值设计,实现了4个年度考试资料的项目参数和能力参数的等值,并成功地组建了经济专业题库。在此基础上,利用等值技术对不同年份试卷的划界分数进行了比较,为经济考试的合格标准制定、确保考试的公平性提供了实证依据。     

Late expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the amygdala is required for persistence of fear memory

In many instances, increase in neuronal activity can induce biphasic secretion of a modulator. The initial release of the modulator triggers the induction of synaptic plasticity, whereas the second-phase release reinforces the efficacy of synaptic transmission and growth of dendrites and axons. In this study, we showed that fear conditioning not only induced the first but also a second peak of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression. Fluorescent immunohistostaining confirmed that BDNF expression increased at 1 and 12 h after conditioning and returned to baseline at 30 h after conditioning. Mature BDNF expression increased in a similar manner. TrkB-IgG or K252a infusion before training impaired fear memory on days 1 and 7 after training. In contrast, TrkB-IgG or K252a infusion 9 h after fear conditioning did not affect memory retention on day 1 after training but impaired fear memory on day 7 after training. Fear conditioning significantly enhanced Zif268 expression in the amygdala at 12 h after training; this enhanced expression was completely inhibited by TrkB-IgG infusion 9 h after training. The level of growth-associated protein 43 (GAP-43), a marker of newly formed synapses, in the amygdala increased 7 days after fear conditioning. Moreover, conditioned rats had higher AMPA/NMDA ratio than unpaired rats. These results suggest that consolidated memory could be continuously modulated by previous molecular changes produced during memory acquisition.     

内隐人格观对承诺升级的影响——成功期望的中介效应

研究旨在探讨内隐人格观对承诺升级的影响以及期望在其中的中介作用。研究1比较了个体的实体启动、渐变启动和无启动对照三种条件下,个体的承诺升级倾向是否受不同启动类型的影响。结果发现,被启动渐变论的被试与无启动和实体启动的被试相比,前者表现出更多的承诺升级倾向。研究2使用情景模拟任务,分析了个体不同内隐人格观与承诺升级的关系,并在此基础上探讨了成功期望的中介作用。结果发现:(1)个体越倾向渐变论则更多的产生承诺升级行为;(2)成功期望在内隐人格观与承诺升级的关系中起完全中介作用。     

Digging beneath the surface: Results from stage one of a qualitative analysis of factors influencing the well-being of trans youth in Quebec

ABSTRACT

Background: The literature on trans youth has been dominated by etiological studies interested in trans experience as a medical phenomenon. An emerging body of literature has begun to document that trans youth are a diverse, vulnerable, yet resilient population, and to investigate the role of various sites of support such as the family, peer groups, institutions, and community spaces in contributing to or impeding trans youth's well-being.

Method: This article presents the results of Stage One of interviews (n = 24) conducted for a Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) qualitative research project based in Quebec. It studies the factors that enhance trans youth's well-being as well as the factors of oppression that negatively affect it. This paper offers a brief overview of the anti-oppressive methodology used for this project, emphasizing how CBPAR was combined with Grounded Theory (GT) methods to encourage the direct involvement of communities and the translation of knowledge into action.

Results: We present preliminary categories emerging through the ongoing axial coding process. These categories address trans youth's experiences in and perceptions of various “sites”: 1) healthcare services both for gender-related and general care, 2) other institutional spaces, 3) the family and other social circles, and 4) community spaces.

Conclusion: While much of this study's results support existing evidence on trans youth's experiences, they also provide a more nuanced portrayal of the complex ways in which recognition, as well as non-, mis-, or mal-recognition, influence trans youth's well-being at different sites. We also argue that recognition itself must be considered through the lens of intersectionality.     

海马齿状回突触效应的习得性长时程增强

本实验应用慢性埋植电极技术以电生理学给合行为学的方法,观察大白鼠海马齿状回在以视觉和味觉信号为条件信号的条件反应的建立、巩固和消退过程中突触效应的变化。结果表明在明暗辨别学习中出现突触效应长时程增强(LTD),其保持时间的长短与巩固性训练的多少呈正相关,LTP消退,习得行为也消退。对照实验证明它并非测试本身所引起,提示此习得性LTP与学习和记忆活动是密切相关的。但在建立条件性味觉厌恶中,却无LTP出现。这就从突触水平上进一步证明我们提出的海马在不同感觉信息的记忆活动中其作用是不同的及海马不仅在记忆的形成,而且在其保持和再现中也有重要作用的观点。     

同一学习中海马不同区的习得性长时程突触增强的形成

本研究探查大鼠分辨学习中海马齿状回(DG)和CA_3区突触效应的变化及其相互关系,以探讨同一学习中海马不同区突触可塑性变化的特点及其相互关系,进一步论证习得性长时程增强(LTP)是学习和记忆的神经基础。发现:(1)穿通纤维的单个刺激可在DG和CA_3同时记录到潜伏期、峰值和波形各异的群体峰电位(PS);在一定范围内PS随刺激强度的增加而增大,但DG的PS增大程度比CA_3的小;据此,检测刺激的强度应选在该范围内。(2)随着行为训练,DG和CA_3区的突触传递同时产生LTP,两者LTP的发展是显著正相关关系(P<0.01),PS峰值同时达到最高水平,且先于分辨反应达学会标准,首次表明在同一学习中大鼠海马的DG和CA_3的习得性LTP是同时产生的。本研究还表明,在慢性实验下同时记录和分析行为学习中海马两个区突触效应的变化及其相互关系是可能的,这给从神经环路角度研究学习和记忆的突触机制提供了有用的模型。     

清末民初教科书的现代伦理精神启蒙

教科书不但是知识传播的工具,还是思想启蒙的利器。在强调"立国"必先"立民"的时代感召下,富有近代个体意识的"个人"、"人权"、"人格"等内容不断出现在清末民初教科书中。此时的教科书强调独立自主的健全人格的养成、关注自由平等观念的普及、推崇社会公共道德的遵守。但清末民初教科书的现代伦理精神的启蒙,受进化论影响明显,传统伦理的痕迹仍然很重,且浓厚的国家民族色彩压倒了终极的个人关怀。