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non-intellective factors are discussed.
4123.8 Maternal influences on child’s goal setting and conflict resolution, Lin Wang,
Department of Psychology, Chung Yuan University, Taiwan, China
This research examines the parental influence in children’s goal setting and choice strategies
during peer conflicts. The participants consisted of eighty-three kindergarteners, 70 3rd graders
and 70 6th graders and their mothers. All participants were invited to comment on four
hypothetical conflict situations. Results showed that mother influenced differently toward different
age groups of children. Mothers’ reasons given in the hypothetical situations influenced younger
daughter’s goal setting. However, mothers’ instruction did not affect older son’s choice strategies.
Implications will be discusses at the conference.
4124 ORAL
Educational psychology
Chair: Ellen Lavelle, USA
4124.1 Tutor perceptions about their interpersonal skills, Maria de lourdes samayoa miranda 1 ,
Irasema del pilar castell ruiz 2 , Otila maria caballero quevedo 2 , Rebeca andrea betancourt
reyes 1 , 1 Universidad de sonora, Mexico; 2 Universidad de sonora- mexico, Mexico
The objective is to explore in tutors of the Sonora University the skills that consider that the tutor
should possess and the tutor narration of the real situations in that they has been seen and have
required before of the abilities mentioned. Tutors of different careers were interviewed, elects in
no probabilistic for convenience sampling. A questionnaire was used, based on the Goldstein
(1997) questionnaire. He/she requested the tutor that marked of a total of 19 abilities, the 10 more
important according to their perception a tutor should possess. The results were compared with the
students perceptions and shows a difference.
4124.2 A case study based on a mentoring programme located in the faculty of economic and
management sciences at the University of the Western Cape, Najwa Norodien, Zahidah Gydien,
University of the Western Cape, South Africa,
This theoretical paper addresses the benefits of a mentoring programme instituted at entry level
amongst 190 entry-level provided by seven mentors to students in the Faculty of Economic and
Management Sciences at the University of the Western Cape. Since students typically struggle to
focus on their academic careers as a result of the transition from high school to university; and due
to students having personal issues that hinder their academic development, the programme is also
responsible for tracking the academic progress of students who are at risk of failing the year.
Preliminary results based on the programme are reported on.
4124.3 Educational psychology: A learning subject in teachers’ formation course, Maria Lins,
University Federal Rio De Janeiro, Brasil
This paper focuses on Educational Psychology as a subject for undergraduated students who want
to be teachers. They are supposed to have certification on this subject. They choose time and
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