具有情感和语音交互能力的虚拟人系统

计算机能与人类进行具有情感和自然和谐的交互是计算机应用领域一项富有挑战性的课题。该文依据马斯洛的需求层次论构建了虚拟人情感交互系统，讨论了生理需求和安全需求及它们对情感的影响，并结合西米诺夫情绪信息论构建了虚拟人情感模型。还论述了虚拟人语音交互系统的实现，通过实验表明，虚拟人能够和人进行具有情感和自然的交互。     

智能机器人神经心理模型

为了从结构、功能和行为3个层面对智能机器人体系结构进行一体化描述,本文提出了智能机器人神经心理模型.借鉴脑的3个基本机能联合区理论建立了智能机器人的神经生理结构模型,将机器人思维系统划分为感知区、反射区和慎思区,每个区均由三级皮层构成,采用拓展的BD I逻辑(机器人心智逻辑RML)描述机器人的认知心理机制,给出了神经心理框架下的机器人智能行为过程,从理论上证明了RML的可靠性与完备性,采用水下机器人编队穿越未知雷区的对比仿真实验验证了神经心理模型的可行性和有效性.     

基于人工心理理论的情感模型构建方法研究

人类的智能不仅表现为正常的理性思维和逻辑推理能力,也应表现为正常的情感能力。本文在阐述情感交互系统结构和情感特性的基础上,提出了一种基于HMM的情感模型,并采用情绪熵与情感熵的概念约束模型的初始值,从而使该模型适应不同的性格特征。     

湖南私营企业主政治心态的调查与思考

通过调查,掌握了湖南私营企业主的基本情况(性别、年龄、文化、身份构成及生存状态),摸清其思想政治状态(政治参与、政治面貌、政治态度、入党倾向、对企业党建工作的认识)及心理状态(经济、政治、思想、生活诸方面的心理表征)我们应采取相应措施,正确引导私营企业主的政治心理状态.     

Genes, Race, and Psychology in the Genome Era: An Introduction.

The mapping of the human genome has reawakened interest in the topic of race and genetics, especially the use of genetic technology to examine racial differences in complex outcomes such as health and intelligence. Advances in genomic research challenge psychology to address the myriad conceptual, methodological, and analytical issues associated with research on genetics and race. In addition, the field needs to understand the numerous social, ethical, legal, clinical, and policy implications of research in this arena. Addressing these issues should not only benefit psychology but could also serve to guide such thought in other fields, including molecular biology. The purpose of this special issue is to begin a discussion of this issue of race and genetics within the field of psychology. Several scholars who work in the fields of genetics, race, or related areas were invited to write (or had previously submitted) articles sharing their perspectives. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychology and Phenomenology: A Clarification.

Controversies are rampant in contemporary psychology concerning the appropriate method for observing consciousness and the role inner experience should play in psychological theorizing. These conflicting orientations reflect, in part, methodological differences between natural science and human science interpretations of psychology. Humanistic psychology and philosophical phenomenology both employ a human science approach to psychology that seeks to explain behavior in terms of a person's subjective existence. Maslow's and Heidegger's formulations are both fulfillment theories in that they specify moral values that suggest how life ought to be lived. Natural science methodology rejects the possibility that moral imperatives can be validated, whereas human science methodology allows phenomenological convictions to justify recommendations about a fulfilled life and a good society. The social role of psychology is analyzed within the framework of phenomenological convictions and scientific truth. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Psychotherapy" Versus "Treatment".

Presents a comment on "Psychological treatments" (see record 2004-21168-001) by D. H. Barlow. Barlow proposed that we distinguish between the terms "treatment" and "psychotherapy." The author believes that not only is the distinction unnecessary, but that its implications could have negative consequences for the field of clinical psychology. It is the proposed distinguishing feature that treatments are "specifically tailored to the pathological process that is causing the impairment and distress" that is most problematic. Clinical psychology does not need a distinction that further exacerbates the split between researchers and practitioners. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Accredited Internship and Postdoctoral Programs for Training in Psychology: 2005.

Presents the official listing of accredited internship and postdoctoral residency programs. It reflects all committee decisions through July 17, 2005. The Committee on Accreditation has accredited the doctoral internship and postdoctoral residency training programs in psychology offered by the agencies in this article. The original date of accreditation, listed for each program, is the day on which the program's accredited status became effective. Also listed for each program is the date of the next regularly scheduled site visit. Program review is governed by the "Guidelines and Principles for Accreditation of Programs in Professional Psychology" (G&P). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Review of The Robot's Rebellion: Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin.

Review of book The Robot's Rebellion: Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin by Keith E. Stanovich (see record 2004-95228-000). In his interesting scholarly book, The Robot's Rebellion, Stanovich leads us on a journey to find meaning in a world populated by mortal biological vehicles, the robots, put on earth to replicate their masters' selfish genes. If the genes do a satisfactory job programming the robots, then the genes replicate in perpetuity and are, therefore, immortal. Stanovich's basic assumptions are: a) vehicles are designed to replicate genes; b) at least in human animals, the brain houses two minds; c) the first mind, System 1 or The Autonomous Set of Systems, evolved much earlier in evolutionary history than did the second mind, System 2 or the Analytic System; d) System 1 is associative, parallel, fast to respond, and designed to automatically serve its genetic master; e) System 2 is rule-based, serial, slow to respond, not aware of System 1 functioning but sometimes privy to System 1 output, controls executive functioning, and is capable of self-evaluation and leading the rebellion against its genetic master; and, f) memes, culturally generated ideas passed on by nongenetic means, can sometimes be as effective as System 1 at squashing the rebellion. These assumptions are derived from work in cognitive science and evolutionary biology, and provide a solid foundation for the book. Both the metaphor and the basic assumptions are embedded in detailed and informative reviews of decision theory, evolutionary psychology, memetic theory, rational philosophy, and utility theory. The interweaving of metaphor and review provides a framework that allows Stanovich to make inferences to help the general reader understand "the implications of modern science" (p. xi). He also develops criteria to evaluate memes that are needed in his quest to find meaning in human existence. In combination with the basic assumptions, these criteria are used to create an ethical ideology that will be embraced by some readers. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Mixed Methods Research Designs in Counseling Psychology.

With the increased popularity of qualitative research, researchers in counseling psychology are expanding their methodologies to include mixed methods designs. These designs involve the collection, analysis, and integration of quantitative and qualitative data in a single or multiphase study. This article presents an overview of mixed methods research designs. It defines mixed methods research, discusses its origins and philosophical basis, advances steps and procedures used in these designs, and identifies 6 different types of designs. Important design features are illustrated using studies published in the counseling literature. Finally, the article ends with recommendations for designing, implementing, and reporting mixed methods studies in the literature and for discussing their viability and continued usefulness in the field of counseling psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)