Preschool Competency in Context: An Investigation of the Unique Contribution of Child Competencies to Early Academic Success.

The present concurrent study combined developmental and ecological considerations to examine the unique contribution of multiple preschool competencies to an indicator of early academic success. Participants included 195 Head Start children from 32 classrooms representative of a large, urban Head Start program. Dimensional (variable-centered) analyses revealed 3 distinct classroom competency dimensions (i.e., General Classroom Competencies, Specific Approaches to Learning, and Interpersonal Classroom Behavioral Problems). The first 2 of these dimensions were found to be uniquely associated with early academic success. Findings from typological (person-centered) analyses supported the dimensional findings. Typological analyses revealed 7 profiles of classroom competency distinguished by high scores on the dimensions of General Competencies and Approaches to Learning, and these profiles were found to relate differentially to the indicator of early academic success. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A goal-striving life event and the onset of hypomanic and depressive episodes and symptoms: Perspective from the Behavioral Approach System (BAS) dysregulation theory.

On the basis of the behavioral approach system (BAS) dysregulation theory of bipolar disorder, this study examined the relation between occurrence of a BAS activation-relevant life event--goal striving--and onset of hypomanic and depressive episodes and symptoms. In particular, the authors examined the relation between preparing for and completing final exams (a goal-striving event) and onset of bipolar spectrum episodes and symptoms in college students with bipolar II disorder or cyclothymia (i.e., "soft" bipolar spectrum conditions). One hundred fifty-nine individuals with either a bipolar spectrum disorder (n=68) or no major affective psychopathology (controls; n=91) were further classified on the basis of whether they were college students (i.e., completed final exams). Consistent with the BAS dysregulation theory, preparing for and completing final exams was associated with an increase in hypomanic but not depressive episodes and symptoms in individuals with a soft bipolar spectrum diagnosis. Furthermore, self-reported BAS sensitivity moderated the presence of certain hypomanic symptoms during final exams. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Post-Event Rumination and Negative Self-Appraisal in Social Phobia Before and After Treatment.

This study investigated the relationship between self-appraisals of performance, symptom severity and post-event rumination in social phobia, and evaluated the effect of treatment on these variables. A socially phobic group and a nonanxious control group performed an impromptu speech and were told that their performance would be evaluated. Participants appraised their performance immediately after the speech and 1 week later, and the frequency of post-event rumination during the week following the speech was assessed. The socially phobic group maintained the negative appraisals of their speech over the week, whereas the nonclinical group showed increased positivity about their performance The socially phobic group also engaged in more negative rumination than controls. Treatment improved perceptions of performance and reduced negative rumination. These results are discussed in the light of cognitive models of social phobia. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

国有股减持、政府隐性担保与投资者行为

国有股减持导致股票市场的大幅下跌，其咎不在以市场价减持国有股的减持方案．政府对股票市场的隐性担保造成投资者对市场走势的某种“理性的”稳定预期和信念．在此基础之上，政府和投资者塑造各自的心理和行为模式、国有股减持的信号含义就是政府要解除对市场的隐性担保．这个信号引发投资者固有的预期模式和行为模式的转变以及股票市场的信心危机。进而导致股票市场的“非理性反应”—市场以大幅下跌拒绝政府国有股减持和解除担保关系的行为、政府被迫停止国有股减持行为，但停止国有股减持并没有阻止股市的持续下跌，因为减持虽然停止，自减持发出的解除隐性担保的信号仍然有效。     

Deviance regulation: A theory of action and identity.

The authors propose a behavioral decision theory relevant to the maintenance of desirable identities. The theory, termed deviance regulation theory (DRT), predicts that actions translate into meaningful identities to the extent that they cause the individual to deviate from reference group norms. This straightforward proposition is used to predict the patterning of behavior across a wide array of social contexts. The authors present evidence that predictions generalize across Eastern and Western cultures and to both personal and collective identities. Finally, they show how DRT alters current theoretical assumptions about social motives and social and cultural influence, and they illustrate how it can help explain the structure of both informal and formal social forces. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The impact of the Hebbian learning rule on research in behavioural neuroscience.

Hebb's principal theoretical propositions, the cell assembly and the nature of synaptic change, were generated at a time when the focus of work in behavioural neuroscience was directed at understanding issues such as the principles governing the behaviour of animals in neuropsychological studies of learning and memory and the role of drives in the control of behaviours like sex and feeding and drinking. It was not until attention shifted to understanding the neural underpinnings of learning and memory that Hebb's propositions had an impact on behavioural neuroscience as they provided a simple, and testable, mechanism for synaptic plasticity observed both in learning and in other forms of experience-dependent neural change. But much of the field remains interested in other issues such as sensation and perception, motivation, attention, and so on, and to date, Hebb's propositions have had little impact. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Siblings' differential experiences of marital conflict and differences in psychological adjustment.

The present study examined whether siblings experience marital conflict differently and whether such differences, if present, were associated with differences in their adjustment. Self-report data about marital conflict, children's depressed mood, behavioral conduct, and externalizing problems were obtained from 122 sibling pairs (mean ages = 10 and 12 years) and their parents. Results indicated that siblings were significantly different in exposure to and appraisals of marital conflict. Differences in siblings' exposure to marital conflict were significantly correlated with differences in their depressed mood, behavioral conduct, and externalizing problems. Differences in siblings' feelings of self-blame for marital conflict were significantly correlated with differences in their depressed mood and behavioral conduct. Children who experienced more marital conflict than their siblings had more adjustment problems than their siblings. These results highlight the importance of studying siblings' unique experiences of marital conflict to better understand its impact on children's adjustment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

计算机生成兵力中的人工智能技术

开发CGF的难点和重点在于CGF实体行为的生成,尤其是人类智能行为的实现。人类行为建模最重要的三个方面是知识获取、知识表示和决策机制,都与人工智能技术相关。该文主要介绍人类行为描述的知识表示和知识获取问题,讨论了人工智能技术在这两个方面的应用,并对将来的研究工作做了一个简单的展望。     

用面向对象编程实现问题求解自动化

本文从面向对象方法基本原理和面向对象编程的技术特征出发，阐明所建应用软件系统中的对象，类及相应类层次结构和类组合结构，使系统具有很强的表现真空世界复杂系统结构的能力，系统通过消息传递在程序执行中实现对操作的调用机制，使之在面向用户问题选择和执行求解策略方面有很强的适应性，这一点对于强调人－机交互和解题协作的智能决策支持系统设计至关重要，文章给出了用Ｃ＋＋实现的模型对象系统及消息传递机制。     

宽带功率放大器PGSC建模方法及预失真研究

针对宽带功率放大器的强记忆效应特性,提出一种功放建模和数字预失真方法——PGSC模型。利用广义记忆多项式(GMP)、特定交叉项(SCT)及记忆时刻信号交叉项(CIMT)3个基函数来构造功放行为模型及数字预失真器,并搭建实际测试平台对模型的精度及线性化效果进行验证。测试结果表明,与PMEC方法相比,PGSC方法建模时的归一化均方误差减少了2.1 dB,数字预失真时输出信号的三阶邻信道功率比降低了4.94/2.03 dB;与GMP方法相比,PGSC方法仅利用73%的系数即可得到更高的模型精度和更好的线性化效果。