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data from two studies suggesting that touch communicates three discrete emotions with signals in
the face and voice - anger, fear, and disgust - and three emotions that, heretofore, had no identified
signal - love, gratitude, and sympathy. The data from study 1 were collected in America and those
from study 2 were collected in Spain. Findings are discussed in terms of discrete emotions theory
and the evolution of altruism.
5138.177 The construct of the mathematics self-efficacy scale for junior high school students,
Yongmei Zhang, Qingmao Meng, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Bandura (1986,1997) proposed that strict adherence to both content and context specificity in
self-efficacy research is necessary to yield valid results. As one of the key topics in the research of
special efficacy, mathematics self-efficacy is structured of multi-dimensions and multi-levels
structure. In this research, a mathematic self-efficacy scale consisting of three subscales was
developed based on the students' mathematics learning content and their background in junior high
schools in China. The results reveal that this scale has clear factors structure and high reliability
and validity. Therefore, it can be used as a valid instrument to assess the mathematics self-efficacy
for the junior high students in China.
5138.178 Computer anxiety among students of kerman azad university, Mohamad reza Amini 1 ,
Feriborz Dortaj 2 , 1 Azad University of Kerman, Iran; 2 Tehran University, Iran
The purpose of the study was to estimate the prevalence and severity of computer anxietyin b/s
degree students and determine the effect of hands-on computer experience on computer
anxiety.the sample consisted of 460 subjects from five faculty of azad university. computer
anxiety Was measured using the computer anxiety index by symenson inventory. The results
indicats fifty percents of the subjects were found to have high computer anxiety. Significants
difference in computer anxiety was demonstrated between associate faculty. However subjects
with more hand-on computer experience had significantly less computer anxiety. Further the
results imply that the personality characters related to computer anxiety.
5138.179 Startle response in spontaneously hypertensive rat: Comparison between two methods
for detection of bodily movements, Toshihiko Sato, Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University, Japan
Characteristics of the startle response in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were examined by
using two methods to detect the bodily movements when startle stimulus was presented: a) a
load-cell platform which only responds to perpendicular vibration to the bottom surface of the rat
holder, b) a vibration pickup attached to the side wall of the holder in order to detect the bodily
movements to various directions. Total output and peak amplitude recorded by the platform in the
SHRs were greater than their normotensive controls, WKYs, while any strain difference was not
observed in all indices of the pickup.
5138.180 Verbal suffixes and null anaphors in orean: A case for the resonance model, Sook Whan
Cho 1, 2 , 1 Sogang University, Korea, Republic Of; 2 Harvard University, USA
This paper reports on an experimental study concerning the accessibility of morpho-syntactic and
discourse-pragmatic entities for anaphoric reference. We are interested in examining whether or
not the accessibility of null anaphors is strengthened if presented in the contrastive condition
evoked singly or jointly by morpho-syntax and discourse-internal topicality. Main findings
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