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situation by within-subject design. The control variables were two categories, one is under job
seeking and the other is under lottery choosing. The subjects were divided into two groups, which
consisted of undergraduates and postgraduates. We used Risk Preference Index (RPI) to measure
risk-taking tendency. The results indicated that the categories in risk situation influences on risk
taking tendency in a way and presented the interaction between the control variable and the
subject variable.
5115.4 Theory and experiments of problem representation, Zhu Deng, Department of
Psychology,Nanjing Normal University, China
To test the assumptions of Representation-State Theory (RST) mentioned in my article(Zhu,2003),
713 senior high school students have been studied by means of protocol, cognitive task and
questionnaire in our experiments. It has been examined that the cognitive mechanism of the
physics problem-solving and the related subjective variables. The results showed that changes of
problem representation-state are mainly influenced by the special knowledge, and that they are
also relevant to the subjects’ cognitive structure. Our research also found that the
state-metacognition of problem-solving consists of three components: the problem solvers’
monitoring consciousness, self-efficacy feeling and the strategies of problem representation.
5115.5 An experimental study on undergraduates’ analogical transfer of disciplinary problems,
Baoguo Shi 1 , Qinglin Zhang 2 , 1 Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal
University, China, 2 School of Psychology, Southwest Normal University, Chongqing, China
Two experiments had been designed to investigate analogical transfer of disciplinary problems of
214 undergraduates. The first one examined effects of surface similarity on transfer and subjects’
strategies. The second one examined effects of different relationships between two source
problems on transfer. The results:(1) Surface similarity has a significant impact on analogical
transfer. Transfer occurs more easily between problems in the same disciplinary field.(2) Effective
strategies used to activate source analog can be based on surface as well as on structure. There is
no significant relationship between learning time and transfer effects.(3) Solution method
induction has a significant impact on transfer.
5115.6 Evaluation of social skills and problem solving on interned children and their parents,
Rebeca Andrea Betancourt Reyes, Irasema Del Pilar Castell Ruiz, Maria De Lourdes
Samayoua MIranda, Otila Maria Caballero Quevedo Universidad De Sonora, Mexico
The availability of trainings to families that need it, will have a significative impact there has been
little interest on the systematic study of such skills same on parents and their children (Shapiro,
1997; Gelb, 1999). Therefore the objective of this study it to evaluate social skills and problem
solving on interned children and their parents with the goal of compare them. The utilized
instrument where a series of structured situations that matched the families context. The results
where analyzed on percentages and showed that on the compared skills no correspondence
between the sons and parents skills.
5115.7 Decision making for time management: Protective factor for tutorship, Otila Maria
Caballero Quevedo, Maria De Lourdes Samayoua MIranda, Irasema Del Pilar Castell Ruiz,
Rebeca Andrea Betancourt Reyes, Universidad De Sonora, Mexico
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