28th International Congress of Psychology August 8 ... - U-netSURF

Chinese personality: Structure and measure, Dengfeng Wang, Department of Psychology, Peking
University, China
According to the lexical hypothesis of personality structure, Chinese personality structure was
investigated through rating Chinese personality adjectives selected from Chinese dictionary, and a seven
main factor structure, instead of five factors through English adjectives, was detected and confirmed lately.
A questionnaire measuring those seven factors with 18 small factors was constructed and applied in a
more than 5000 subjects sample. It revealed that Chinese personality was different with Western
personality not only on number of dimensions, but also contents. These results was discussed from
cultural differences and environmental presses.
3066 STATE-OF-THE-ART
Chair: Zhijin Hou, China
Drug abuse treatment: The road from research to practice, Maxine Stitzer, Bayview Medical
Center, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Drug abuse treatment research has made major strides during the past few decades in development
and testing of both pharmacological and behavioral treatments. Now the time has come to move
some of these empirically based treatments more firmly into clinical practice. This talk will review
some of the major recent accomplishments in drug abuse treatment research including
development of buprenorphine and of new behavior therapies. The recently founded National
Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network will then be described, including the formation of
collaborative relationships between researchers and providers, the successful implementation of
effectiveness research and the further dissemination of empirically based treatments into clinical
practice.
3067 STATE-OF-THE-ART
Chair: Jiannong Shi, China
Prospective memory, Peter Graf, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia,
Canada
Prospective memory (ProM) is the ability we use for remembering intentions, plans and promises
in the presence of the appropriate cues. Although ProM is critical for many everyday tasks (e.g.,
appointment keeping), this aspect of memory remains un-appreciated, under-explored and
un-explained. My address is intended to alter this status quo. To increase appreciation, I shall use
real-world examples that illustrate diverse functions of ProM, underscoring the unique research
questions that are raised by them. With the aim to inspire more research into ProM, I shall review
methodological developments that permit the exploration of a broader range of questions about it,
and I shall outline exciting new theoretical proposals that will inspire and guide future research
efforts.
3068 STATE-OF-THE-ART
Chair: Fuxi Fang, China
Theory of mind: A core human cognition, Henry M. Wellman, Center for Human Growth and
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