Process control and risky decision-making: moderation by general mental ability and need for cognition

Human factors and ergonomics research could benefit from focusing more strongly on individual differences – especially trait variables. The present study suggests the analysis of moderator effects as a promising way to enhance understanding of trait variables and process control performance. Process control performance was studied by analysing moderator effects of general mental ability (GMA) and need for cognition (NC) on risky decision-making (RDM) and performance. Fifty engineering students were trained on a process control task using a computer-based simulation for three hours and tested twice thereafter. Risky decision-making was measured using a computerised gambling task while GMA and NC were assessed with questionnaires. Risky decision-making in interaction with each GMA and NC explained variance in performance over and above variance explained by the single effects. In conclusion, the analysis of moderator effects between individual difference variables and process control performance seems promising.

Practitioner Summary: Individual difference variables affect learning and performance, but have often not been studied to any great extent in human factors research. This article suggests a promising approach to studying individual differences – moderator analyses – and illustrates how such differences can lead to a better understanding of what determines process control performance.     

Supervisory control of multiple robots in dynamic tasking environments

A military targeting environment was simulated to examine the effects of an intelligent route-planning agent RoboLeader, which could support dynamic robot re-tasking based on battlefield developments, on the performance of robotics operators. We manipulated the level of assistance (LOAs) provided by RoboLeader as well as the presence of a visualisation tool that provided feedback to the participants on their primary task (target encapsulation) performance. Results showed that the participants' primary task benefited from RoboLeader on all LOAs conditions compared to manual performance; however, visualisation had little effect. Frequent video gamers demonstrated significantly better situation awareness of the mission environment than did infrequent gamers. Those participants with higher spatial ability performed better on a secondary target detection task than did those with lower spatial ability. Finally, participants' workload assessments were significantly lower when they were assisted by RoboLeader than when they performed the target entrapment task manually. Practitioner Summary: This study demonstrated the utility of an intelligent agent for enhancing robotics operators' supervisory control performance as well as reducing their workload during a complex urban scenario involving moving targets. The results furthered the understanding of the interplay among level-of-autonomy, multitasking performance and individual differences in military tasking environments.     

高职学生元认知策略能力调查与英语自主学习能力的培养

通过问卷调查结合教学实践观察,了解高职学生元认知策略能力状况,希望找出高职学生自主学习能力发展的薄弱环节.将收集到的数据用SPSS进行了结构性效度和信度分析后,得出了影响元认知策略能力的4个主要因子,并对每个因子所包含的题项进行了描述性分析,得出结论;针对反映出的问题,提出了相应的教学建议.     

高职高专地籍与房产测量课程教学改革思考

“就业导向、工学结合”已成为高等职业教育人才培养模式改革的重要切入点,这给作为主干专业课程的“地籍与房产测量”教学带来全新的课题.为了构建适应这种新形势的教学模式,分别从教材建设、教学内容、教学手段、实践教学和考试形式5个方面进行了探索.     

基于结构继承的贝叶斯网结构学习优化设计

采用遗传算法建立贝叶斯网络的优化学习结构,一直是贝叶斯网络研究倍受关注的课题.传统遗传算法的个体设计存在需要反复进行无环性检验的问题,降低了进化效率.针对这个问题,提出一种新的个体编码方式.考虑到进化过程中家族得分的可继承性,提出基于家族继承的结构评分改进算法,进而设计相应的改进遗传算法.实验结果表明,改进算法在BN建网精度与效率上都得到明显提升.     

On learning and development, Piagetian style: I. A reply to Lefebvre-Pinard.

Examines the equilibration theory of Piaget (learning vs development, stage transitions) to make more explicit the methodological foundations of B. Inhelder et al (1974). In this connection, the "problem-solving" learning method used by these authors is analyzed by means of the new concept of "learning loops." Similarly, the successful equilibration learning method used by M. Lefebvre and A. Pinard (1974) is analyzed and shown to involve executive facilitation and chunking (coordination) of 2 crucial schemes. A process-structural model of conservation acquisition previously developed by the present author, and its empirical tests by R. Case (1975) and by G. M. Parkinson (1975), are used to illustrate and to empirically support the process-structural differences theoretically found between these 2 equilibration methods. (54 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Coinage Metals in the Nanometer Length Scale

Cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC)-stabilized gold organosol in toluene has been prepared by using a two-phase (water-toluene) extraction of AuCl₄^- followed by its reduction with sodium borohydride in the presence of the surfactant, CPC. The surfactant-stabilized gold nanoparticles were exploited to examine their optical properties when exposed to various solvent systems by measuring the changes in the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) spectrum.     

关于学习和动机关系的研究(英文)

讨论了心理学中学习和动机的关系,从八个方面详细介绍了学习过程中动机的作用,研究了不同情况下不同的动机对学习产生不同的影响,最后讨论了不同起源的学习动机的改变法则。     

基于Kohonen神经网络聚类方法在遥感分类中的比较

设计完成和比较了基于Kohonen自组织网络的Kohonen聚类网络（Kohonen Clustering Network, KCN）、模糊Kohonen聚类网络（Fluzzy KCN, FKCN）和基于进化规划的Kohonen聚类网络（Evalutionary Programming based KCN, EPKCN）三种聚类算法在遥感土地利用/覆盖分类中的应用。结果表明三种非监督学习方法在进行遥感土地利用/覆盖分类过程中，在分类性能上有显著差异。EPKCN分类目视效果最好，单次迭代的速度最快；FKCN总的收敛速度最快；而按遥感土地利用/覆盖分类要求而言，EPKCN方法在三种分类方法中效果最好，因此可采用该算法进行遥感土地利用/覆盖的非参数分类。