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Part I CCE&CPSH 2014 Conference Schedule ..................................................... 2

Part II Invited Speeches ................................................................................... 3

Part III Oral Sessions ....................................................................................... 8

Oral Session 1: Creative Education ........................................................................ 8Oral Session 2: Psychology and Social Harmony ...................................................... 8Oral Session 3: Creative Education ........................................................................ 9Oral Session 4: Psychology and Social Harmony .................................................... 10

Part IV Appendix ............................................................................................. 12

2014 Conference on Creative Education (CCE 2014) .............................................. 122014 Conference on Psychology and Social Harmony (CPSH 2014) ........................... 20

Part V Instructions for Presentations .............................................................. 31

Part VI Hotel Information ............................................................................... 32

Contact Us ........................................................................................................ 33

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Part I CCE&CPSH 2014 Conference Schedule

Registration May 16~18, 2014 14:00 - 17:00

08:30 – 12:00

May 16

May 17

Location: 1st floor, Youngor Central Hotel 3rd floor, Youngor Central Hotel

Saturday Morning, May 17, 2014 Time Activity (Coffee Break 10:30 –10:45) Location: 3rd floor, Youngor Central Hotel

08:30– 12:00 Oral Session 1 Oral Session 2

Changyan Hall (畅言厅) Juyan Hall (聚言厅)

Saturday Noon, May 17, 2014

12:00-13:30 Lunch Location: Cabaret Western Restaurant(卡巴莱西餐厅), 2nd floor, Youngor Central Hotel

Saturday Afternoon, May 17, 2014 Time Activity (Coffee Break 16:00 –16:15) Location: 3rd floor, Youngor Central Hotel

14:00-18:00 Oral Session 3 Oral Session 4

Changyan Hall (畅言厅) Juyan Hall (聚言厅)

Saturday Evening, May 17, 2014 18:00-19:30 Dinner Buffet Location: Cabaret Western Restaurant(卡巴莱西餐厅), 2nd floor, Youngor Central

Hotel

Sunday, May 18, 2014 8:00-18:00 Tour to Zhouzhuang (at own expense)

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Part II Invited Speeches

Invited Speech: Teaching transferable skills to doctoral level engineers -

the challenge and the solutions

Speaker: Dr. Plato Kapranos Ceng, the University of Sheffield, UK Time: 08:30-09:10, Saturday Morning, May 17, 2014

Location: Changyan Hall (畅言厅), 3rd floor, Youngor Central Hotel Abstract Professor David Rae and his co-authors, in a recent paper entitled ‘Enterprise and Entrepreneurshipin English Higher Education: 2010 and beyond’, observe that ‘the UK economy has shown very low levels of growth and recovery from the recession, thus presenting a major challenge for our graduates in their search for employment and that graduates will require higher levels of skills in order to compete in the changing job market’. The 2006 ‘Leitch Review of Skills’ also signalled the need towards specific workforce skillsand a focus for up-skilling of graduatesthrough to 2020, which promptedthe Higher Education Funding Council for England ‘to develop a new co‐funding modelwith employersfor funding HE. The implementation of these reforms detailed in the White Paper ‘Students at the Heart of the System’will have a significant impact upon business–university collaboration. These calls for a greater emphasis on up-skilling of graduates are driven by the need of UK’s ability to compete internationally andrespond tothe pressures of uncertainty and complexity induced byglobalisation of labour markets. There is a clear needfor flexible and highly adaptable graduates who can think on their feet and be innovative in the current competitive global economic environment. Academic institutions also have to respond to these challenges by revising their curricula and offering ‘more integration across subject areas, practice-based pedagogical tools,more teamwork learning opportunities, through collaboration with industryand business,that are meaningful, relevant and lead to lifelong learningskills’ as proposed by The Oslo Agenda for Entrepreneurship Education in Europe (2006).That in effect means Educatorsthemselves have to be trained to be enterprising andflexible,creating appropriate learning environments that enhance the student experience, while accommodating the needs for robust quality assurance mechanisms. The European Parliament and the EU Council in December 2006, made a number of recommendations in the Key Competences Reference Framework of what our future graduates should possess: ‘...ability to turn ideas into action...have creativity, innovation and risk-taking, as well as the ability to plan and manage projects in order to achieve objectives. These[skills] support individuals, not only in their everyday lives at home and in society, but also in the workplace in being aware of the context of their

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work and being able to seize opportunities, and are a foundation for more specific skills and knowledge needed by those establishing or contributing to social or commercial activity. These should include awareness of ethical values and promoting good governance’. At Sheffield University, we designed a ‘Skills Diploma’ that supports and certifies our graduates in these areas. The Diploma in Personal and Professional Skills for Centres of Doctoral Training (CDT’s) has been built into the 4 year PhD scheme in the following format: Part of the Diploma in Year one provides training in essential personal effectiveness skills to enable students to carry out their PhD research projects; training covers skills such as networking, communication & presentation, motivation, assertiveness, project and time management and creative thinking and later in Year three, students build on the personal skills training delivered in year one and focus on skills required in business and industry. Students record their reflections and development in their Personal Development Planning (PDP) log supported by tutorials. Sessions are interactive including work in small groups, short presentations, individual reflection, plenary discussions and structured tasks. Students are encouraged to take a reflective approach to their learning and to identify their own additional training needs.

Invited Speech: Portrayal of Teachers in Popular Media: Pushing the

Frontier of Collaboration with Media Business in Pedagogy and

Technology

Speaker: Prof. Orest Cap, University of Manitoba, Canada Time: 09:10-09:50, Saturday Morning, May 17, 2014

Location: Changyan Hall (畅言厅), 3rd floor, Youngor Central Hotel Abstract This presentation is based on a unique Summer Institute at the University of Manitoba, Canada in which the presenters examined the relationship between pedagogy and the popular mass media from Hollywood (Butler, 2000; Maruri, 2012) and beyond (Dalton, 2010). The image of the teacher provides thematic explorations of school culture, pedagogy, human rights, equality, race, gender, bullying, poverty, stereotyping, and power relations (Bulman, 2005). The authors of the paper describe a case study which was carried out in a Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Education and Master of Education program at the Faculty of Education over a two-week period in August of 2013 with 24 pre-service public school teachers and technical college instructors. Through exposure to two new, innovative courses entitled, "Portrayal of Teachers in Popular Media: theory, analysis and pedagogy" and "Portrayal of Teachers in Popular Media: production, art and technology," the authors of the qualitative study report on how pre-service students had an opportunity to explore the theory behind the rhetoric, and be better equipped to recognize how film works to communicate and inspire. In a culminating activity, participants with the assistance of television producers, directors and broadcasting crew of a major media conglomerate produced a short digital video for live distribution to

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a wide Canadian audience via cable television. Prior to teaching the innovative courses, the authors had been involved with a previously successful university-business cooperation project with the Imperial Oil Foundation-Canada entitled "The Imperial Oil Academy for the Teaching of Mathematics, Science and Technology" This provided us with essential skills for working with external partners in industry. Building upon our past experiences with business, the authors conducted this case study which is another tangible example of how to foster " quality teaching" in higher education (OECD, Sept. 2012) and, in addition, how a university faculty of education successfully merged pedagogical and technical expertise with media industry. As a result of this endeavor, two graduate students from the Summer Institute who are teaching at two Winnipeg schools (one high school and the other an early/middle years school) are currently having their students experience live broadcasting with Shaw Communications Inc. Winnipeg thereby enabling not only teachers but also youth to provide an educational voice to the community.

Invited Speech: Applying the BaGua to revitalize the creative problem

solving process

Speaker: Prof. Jon-Chao Hong, National Taiwan Normal University Time: 09:50-10:30, Saturday Morning, May 17, 2014

Location: Changyan Hall (畅言厅), 3rd floor, Youngor Central Hotel Abstract Ancient Chinese wisdom has had a significant cultural impact, especially the philosophicalsystem known as I-Ching. The BaGua (eight trigrams) provide a systematic methodfor creative problem solving that can be followed in both daily and professional life. The application of the BaGua to creativeproblem solving (CPS) processes could be used to construct a problem-solving model. As theempirical example of GreenMech contest, participants have to complete the target job without scientific problems during the contest. According to the result, the CPS process has been separated in five stages, sensitivity to problem occurrence,mental activation, idea generation, idea transformation, and idea consensus (agreeing ona solution). The CPS process which based on BaGuacan be the sample of how to enhance the effectiveness of problem solving especially in high-pressure contests.

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Invited Speech: A New Approach to Assess Work Stress-related Ill-health:

Development and standardization of the Comprehensive Health Check for

Workers (CHCW) Questionnaire

Speaker: Prof. Akira Tsuda, Kurume University, Japan Time: 08:30-09:10, Saturday Morning, May 17, 2014

Location: Juyan Hall (聚言厅), 3rd floor, Youngor Central Hotel Abstract As work-related disorders of workers are increased in Japan more and more, its primary prevention is recognized as a key issue in their workplace. Nevertheless, there is few standardized measurement tools for comprehensive health check at ahead sick for workers due to the theoretical and methodological limitations of current research and practice. According to the biopsychosocial-existential model of mental health, workers’ response to stressors may reflect largely their distorted daily life activities. In this perspective, I and co-workers have recently developed the “Comprehensive Health Check for Workers (CHCW)” questionnaire which can asses comprehensively at-risk workers’ pre-symptoms of mental and physical disorders at the subclinical stage, and so may prevent work stress-related diseases, particularly depression. The standardized CHCW questionnaire, consisted of the four factor 25-items with reliability and validity, is a new self-administered instrument based on a biopsychosocial-existential model to assess subthreshold disease (i.e., pathologically unorganized functional ill-health) from both states and traits of stress. This CHCW questionnaire is a promising health assessment tool for health promotion in working environments. This study was collaborated with the Stress and Mental Health Research Group (head: Dr. T. Yamamoto, TTC Corporation, Tokyo)

Invited Speech: Seeing the wood for the trees: Delineating global (holistic)

and local (analytic) processing in the perception of sound spectral

patterns

Speaker: Dr. Huanping Dai, The University of Arizona, USA Time: 09:10-09:50, Saturday Morning, May 17, 2014 Location: Juyan Hall (聚言厅), 3rd floor, Youngor Central Hotel

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Abstract Processing sound patterns plays a critical part in auditory functions such as music perception, speech communication, and the identification and localization of sound sources. However, as important as the perception of sound patterns is, its underlying mechanisms are still largely unknown. An issue of particular interest concerns how the global or holistic processing of a sound pattern as a whole is related to the local or analytic processing of the individual components that make up the sound pattern. This presentation will describe our research efforts aimed at delineating the roles of global and local processing in the perception of sound patterns.

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Part III Oral Sessions

Oral Session 1: Creative Education

Session Chair: Dr. Plato Kapranos Ceng, the University of Sheffield, UK Invited Speakers: Dr. Plato Kapranos Ceng, the University of Sheffield, UK Invited Speakers: Prof. Orest Cap, University of Manitoba, Canada Invited Speakers: Prof. Jon-Chao Hong, National Taiwan Normal University Changyan Hall (畅言厅), 3rd floor 08:30-12:00, Saturday Morning, May 17

Paper Id Paper Title Author Affiliation

60030 Perception of non-law students on the combined lecture- and problem-based learning approaches

Jandia K.L. Poon

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

60056 Exploring the Relationship between Religion and Education: Myanmar as an Example

Yi Hsiao National Chung Hsing University

60011 Study on Teaching Mode Reform in Subject Fundamental Courses Based on Ability Cultivation

Yunxiao Zu beijing university of posts and telecommunications

60027 Postgraduate Entrepreneurship Education in China:Review and Preview

Lu Xiaoyu Beijing Institute of Technology

60085 China Needs Forensic Accounting Education Michael Ha Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University

60002 Banter: An Alternative Strategy in Creating a Second Generation Learning Community

Sumita Bhattacharyya

Nicholls State University

Oral Session 2: Psychology and Social Harmony

Session Chair: Dr. Huanping Dai, The University of Arizona, USA Invited Speakers: Prof. Akira Tsuda, Kurume University, Japan Invited Speakers: Dr. Huanping Dai, The University of Arizona, USA Juyan Hall (聚言厅), 3rd floor 08:30-12:00, Saturday Morning, May 17

Paper Id Paper Title Author Affiliation

90011 Peer attachment and Social anxiety among nondisabled, deaf and blind adolescents: Group moderated gender moderation

Lu Aitao South China Normal University

90031 Bounded rationality and learning agility in education and business

Alexey Popov Perm State Humanities University; ECOPSY Consulting

90043 Effect of Group Mental Treatment on the Life Quality of Female Elders Living Alone

Yan Zhang East China Normal University

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Paper Id Paper Title Author Affiliation

90035 Individual differences in cognitive biases: personality aspect

Alexander Vikhman

Perm State Humanities University

90023 The experience of work engagement, hardy personality, optimism and subjective well-being among nurses from China and Spain

Eva Garrosa Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

90039 Representation of “I-Stranger” Interaction as a Communication Risks Predictor

Elena Ryaguzova

Saratov State University

90004 Perception of body image and life satisfaction: A moderated mediation model of self-esteem and being deaf or not

Xiuxiu Hong South China Normal University

90034 Whether and How political identities are perceived from faces

Leon Lou Grand Valley State University

90044 Sequence effects of arrow cueing ——The role of voluntary control

Qian Qian Kunming University of Science and Technology

90030 Comparison between the Personality Dimensions of Delinquents and Non-Delinquents of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KPK)

Sehrish Khan Comsats Institute of Information and Technology, Abbottabad

Oral Session 3: Creative Education

Session Chair: Dr. Rebecca Hun Ping Cheung Hong Kong Institute of Education Changyan Hall (畅言厅), 3rd floor 14:00-18:00, Saturday Afternoon, May 17

Paper Id Paper Title Author Affiliation

60031 Empirical analysis of factors affecting the e-book adoption – Research Agenda

Jandia K.L. Poon The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

60061 A Study of Impact of eBooks Integrated English Teaching in a Junior High Class on Students' Engagements and Learning Motivations

Ju-hsiu Cheng Chung Hsin University

60063 A Study of Impact of IRS on College Students’ Learning Engagement and Learning Motivation

YinJo Peng Chung Hsin University

60038 Action research about research team of teachers of mathematics culture of Local Higher Vocational Colleges

Wang Jiaofeng Quzhou Vocational and Technical College

60037 Study on the Training of Mathematical Thinking in the Teaching of Mathematics Teachers in the Class

Huang Bin Quzhou University

60021 Creative teaching design and implementation of an elementary teacher on gifted math program

Wei-Min Hsu National Pingtung University od Education

60073 A Professional Development Program for Facilitating the Ability of Creative Math Problem Solving for the Gifted Students

Shiangtung Liu National Chiayi University

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Paper Id Paper Title Author Affiliation

60082 The Study of Word’s Coloring Meaning in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

Yan Liu North China University of Technology

60043 Predictors of hands-on learning: students’ problem

solving confidence, problem solving style, and problem approach attitude relevant to parental monitoring

Chi-Ruei Tsai National Taiwan Normal University

60060 How to understand young children’s creativity in visual arts?

Lai Ha Cheung Hong Kong Institute of Education

60029 Teaching for creativity - Examining the beliefs of Hong Kong preschool teachers and their influence on teachers’ pedagogical practice

Rebecca Hun Ping Cheung

Hong Kong Institute of Education

60018 Colour as an Element of the Creativity in Educa-tion of Design

Zoran Markovic University of Botswana

60057 Research on Adapting to QR code by Auto-repairing Students in Vocational High School

Chun-Hsin Chang National Taiwan Normal University

Oral Session 4: Psychology and Social Harmony

Session Chair: Dr. Felix Ladstaetter IE University Juyan Hall (聚言厅), 3rd floor 14:00-18:00, Saturday Afternoon, May 17

Paper Id Paper Title Author Affiliation

90007 Occupational Stereotype ： Up-down Spatial Embodiment of the Competence Content

Yanping Yu South China Normal University

90020 The impact of emotional arousal training on conjunction fallacy: The difference between the arts and science students

Meichao Zhang South China Normal University

90012 Nitric oxide scavenger carboxy-PTIO impaired memory of avoidance conditioning in goldfish

xiaojuan xu Grand Valley State University

90021 The Relationship between the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) and the Hof-stede-Dimensions: Preliminary empirical evi-dence from Germany, Morocco, and China

Alexander Unger University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen, Germany

90019 Sources of Creativity: The Roles of Mind Sets and Accessibility

Yong Cao University of Alaska Anchorage

90018 Neural Network Analysis of Nonlinear Effects of Hardiness on Burnout in Chinese Nurses

Felix Ladstaetter IE University

90008 Popularity among Teenage Girls in Adelaide and Shanghai: A Pilot Q-Method Study

Laurence Owens School of Education, Flinders University

90036 What happens when you put your mind into it: Jing Chen Psychology, Grand Valley

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Paper Id Paper Title Author Affiliation

Research on mindfulness State University, USA 90022 Study of solution-focused brief counseling to

group counseling methods used in schools The application of group counseling in solution-focused brief counseling model applied in school students

Yi Jun Chen Asia University Department of Psychology

90033 Study of the Therapeutic Factors on Ullman Dream Group of University Students

Yen-Chieh Sung Tsaotun Psychiatric Center

90027 What Contributes to Rural Chinese Youth’s Educational Aspiration and Achievement? An Investigation of Two Indigenous Chinese Notions

Qian Wang The Chinese University of Hong Kong

90037 An intervention to promote resilience in Chinese new immigrants to Hong Kong

Nancy Yu City University of Hong Kong

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Part IV Appendix

2014 Conference on Creative Education (CCE 2014)

Article ID: 60030 Title: Perception of non-law students on the combined lecture- and problem-based learning approaches Name: Jandia K.L. Poon Affiliation: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University E-mail: ccjandia@hkcc-polyu.edu.hk Abstract To fulfill the accreditation requirements of professional organizations, business law is commonly included in the business programs in higher education. However, business students, particularly at the sub-degree level, are often challenged to study law. The literature suggests that a combination of lecture-based learning (LBL) and problem-based learning (PBL) approaches can enhance student learning and outcomes. This study evaluates the perceptions of accounting and business majors on the effectiveness of these combined teaching modes in studying business law. Survey data were collected from 262 respondents who enrolled and studied business law with this dual teaching mode during the academic year 2012–2013. Findings reveal that under this approach of learning, students are motivated and more engaged. They benefit from group dynamics, including collaborative and peer learning, social interaction, teamwork, task allocation, and confidence building. Overall, students are satisfied with this teaching mode. Article ID: 60056 Title: Exploring the Relationship between Religion and Education: Myanmar as an Example Name: Yi Hsiao Affiliation: National Chung Hsing University E-mail: hohomiranda@hotmail.com Abstract Since the 1980s to the future, research on ethnic conflict, facilitate the rapid increase as the global population and

cultural and religious conflict and mass violence incident flourish and become an increasingly important issue.

With the political and academic attention, ethnic studies conflicts more and more toward multinational giant

quantitative studies across time, and try various factors comparative cultural, socio-economic, political and other

levels, the impact of different types of ethnic conflict probability of power, and it would be to summarize the

general rule of thumb it in the future, find out how to effectively manage ethnic tensions and avoid violent conflict

system and method. (Tsai- Wei Sun，2010) This study aimed to investigate the relationship between religion and

education, for Myanmar for example. This study used a qualitative narrative inquiry of document analysis and

interviews. Through the first description of the file with the Burmese independence overview of current education

and teacher training, and then through the dialogue between religion and education, and to find mutually

inter-religious and educational relevance, thereby reducing the reflection of religious conflict by means of

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education. Except for the use of in-depth interviews to explore the local people to learn, the problem of life, social,

employment and other aspects. Set three interviewees in Burma different local ethnic groups, namely the Burmese,

Indians and Chinese. Looking through different religious and educational experience, to understand each other's

views on religion and education, thereby identify commonalities and differences, and then fusion of ideology by

means of education.

Article ID: 60011 Title: Study on Teaching Mode Reform in Subject Fundamental Courses Based on Ability Cultivation Name: Yunxiao Zu Affiliation: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications E-mail: zuyx@bupt.edu.cn Abstract The ability cultivation is one of the important aspects for the higher education. The ability cultivation has closely associated with the course’s teaching mode. The subject fundamental course is the most important course of all the university courses. It plays a key role for the students’ future career development. The meaning of the ability is firstly explained in this paper. Then the teaching mode reform of the subject fundamental courses is discussed in order to develop the students’ subjective initiative and train the students’ comprehensive ability. The teaching mode that the students join the teaching and give a lecture of some course content, write course paper and give a presentation are focused. Article ID: 60027 Title: Postgraduate Entrepreneurship Education in China:Review and Preview Name: Lu Xiaoyu Affiliation: Beijing Institute of Technology E-mail: 935488560@qq.com Abstract Actively expand entrepreneurship education of graduate students and to explore the graduate student entrepreneurship education system, is the only way for deepening the reform of higher education. Colleges and universities have also launched the all-round discussion. But in practice, to carry out the situation is still unsatisfactory. Author will make a review on the research of the problem in recent years, summarizes the gain and loss, in order to promote the further research. Article ID: 60085 Title: China Needs Forensic Accounting Education Name: Michael Ha Affiliation: Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University E-mail: Michael.Ha@xjtlu.edu.cn Abstract

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White-collar crime causes the most economic harm to the finance world. It is the white collar criminals who steal our pensions, bankrupt companies, destroy thousands of jobs and shatter people’s dreams. Forensic accounting practice has emerged in the areas of litigation support consulting, expert witnessing, and fraud investigation. Although forensic accounting practice is viewed as one of the most rewarding and secure career choices, there is a gap between forensic accounting practice and education. Furthermore, the evidence of forensic accounting practice and education in China is rare. Thus, the primary purposes of this paper are to: (1) describe areas of forensic accounting practices in China; (2) examine the demand for and interest in forensic accounting practices and education in China: and (3) present the most relevant forensic accounting topics to be integrated into the Chinese business curriculum. To achieve study purposes a survey is conducted to bring insights experts on the demand, relevance, benefits, coverage, and delivery of forensic accounting materials to accounting professionals in China. Results indicate that : (1) the demand for and interest in forensic accounting education and practice in China will continue to increase; and (2) many of the suggested forensic accounting topics should be integrated into business and accounting curricula in China. The findings can be of great benefit to business colleges and accounting schools as well as accounting students, and employers of accounting graduates in China. Article ID: 60002 Title: Banter: An Alternative Strategy in Creating a Second Generation Learning Community Name: Sumita Bhattacharyya Affiliation: Nicholls State University E-mail: sumita.bhattacharyya@nicholls.edu Abstract In this qualitative study we investigated the role of bantering in creating a learning community for science education. The curriculum was centered on a technology-integrated Project Based Approach (PBA). We examined the pattern of in-service teachers’ interaction with such a learning environment and perceptions of their future instructional practices that result from collaborative reflection on the use of Banter throughout the semester. The findings suggest that exposure to bantering interaction not only helped the in-service teachers to make decisions about the scientific issues they will face in the future but also helped to construct a more inquiry based understanding of the issues in science teaching. Methodological limits and possibilities were explored through the use of data analysis software such as Inspiration and NVivo. Article ID: 60031 Title: Empirical analysis of factors affecting the e-book adoption – Research Agenda Name: Jandia K.L. Poon Affiliation: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University E-mail: ccjandia@hkcc-polyu.edu.hk Abstract Advances in information technology encourage the development of e-books. The 2010 Horizon Report predicts that e-book will be one of the six technologies most likely to affect higher education in coming years. Despite the huge investment in developing the e-book market, customer take-up over the past decades is still far below expectations. The success of e-book adoption depends on the implementation of an educational model that addresses learner

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needs as well as content relevance. To understand customer behavior intention in adopting e-books and to address the lack of holistic approach in adoption research, this project is proposed to investigate the intention of college stu-dents in using e-books. This cross-sectional research utilizes the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and four additional variables, namely, personal innovativeness of information technology, social influences, perceived costs, and environmental consciousness. The study is expected to contribute to the literature by providing an empirically validated extended TAM regarding e-books. Moreover, the results will provide important and useful information for academicians and publishers. Article ID: 60061 Title: A Study of Impact of eBooks Integrated English Teaching in a Junior High Class on Students' Engagements and Learning Motivations Name: Ju-hsiu Cheng Affiliation: Chung Hsin University E-mail: rani9862@hotmail.com Abstract It is popular gradually to integrate e-books in English classes in junior high and thus shift the traditional teaching paradigm. As an action research, this study has two research questions to be answered: 1. Does e-books-mediated English teaching promote students’ engagement during the learning process? 2. Does e-books-mediated English teaching enhance students’ motivation? The research sample is 30 seventh graders of a given class in a junior high school in Taichung City. The period of research lasts six weeks with four sections of English class a week. The study adopts a qualitative approach in terms of synchronous videotaping and a classroom observation checklist to tally on-task and off-task behaviors in the learning process so as to determine the extent of learning engagement. In addition, a focused group interview is administered to collect qualitative data. Finally, it is found that e-books-mediated English teaching promotes students’ learning engagement as well as learning motivation. Article ID: 60063 Title: A Study of Impact of IRS on College Students’ Learning Engagement and Learning Motivation Name: YinJo Peng Affiliation: Chung Hsin University E-mail: ro20107891@gmail.com Abstract This study applied a qualitative approach to study how IRS system impacts college students’ learning engagement and learning motivation in a “Physical Chemistry” class. A complete observation method was used to record on-task and off-task behaviors every 5 minutes so as to keep a thorough record of 44 students during six-week period. Immediately after observation, a synchronous recorded video file was replayed to double check the accuracy of observation, so that these data became a solid foundation to determine the extent of learning engagement and learning motivation. In addition, a questionnaire and indepth interviews were applied to collect students’ opinions about IRS. Thus, it is concluded that: 1.IRS can promote students’ learning motivation. 2.IRS can uplift students’ learning engagement. 3.Students believe that IRS can promote learning achievement. 4.Students keep positive and negative opinions toward IRS use.

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Article ID: 60038 Title: Action research about research team of teachers of mathematics culture of Local Higher Vocational Colleges Name: Wang Jiaofeng Affiliation: Quzhou Vocational and Technical College E-mail: departmentofmath@sina.com Abstract As the local higher vocational colleges, how to cultivate applied talents who can meet the social needs, the higher vocational college is an important subject facing higher vocational colleges and universities at present. The formation and training of outstanding mathematics teachers team, improve teachers' scientific research innovation ability, is an important guarantee to improve teaching quality. Can change their traditional mode of thinking, improve the learning of the following courses of interest, to enhance the ability to solve problems independently. The research team of teachers role play, a clear orientation and target, realize the local colleges of higher education in the local, to promote economic development, the return of social responsibility. Article ID: 60037 Title: Study on the Training of Mathematical Thinking in the Teaching of Mathematics Teachers in the Class Name: Huang Bin Affiliation: Quzhou University E-mail: departmentofmath@sina.com Abstract As a local high school to train local teachers talents, a long time will be how to cultivate students' teaching skills as the main target. With the development of society, as the teachers of compulsory education, can only grasp the classroom teaching is not enough. Through the training of mathematical thinking during the student, enables the student to be able to accept and use the new thinking, new ways to deal with the teaching problems encountered, to truly understand the mathematics as the basic subject role and status. Article ID: 60021 Title: Creative teaching design and implementation of an elementary teacher on gifted math program Name: Wei-Min Hsu Affiliation: National Pingtung University od Education E-mail: ben8535@mail.npue.edu.tw Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate how an expert elementary teacher designed and implemented gifted mathematics curriculum and teaching. Teaching observation, interviews and document were used to collect data for one semester, and the results indicated that mathematics problems the teacher designed were diverse, life-related, and classified as high cognitive problems. Exploration and discussion were used to solve the problems in order to foster students' abilities on mathematical thinking, reasoning, communication, connection and representation, and guide students to conduct independent study for getting more exploration. Mathematics curriculum design and implementation of the teacher was based on her personal teaching ideas, prior experiences and interests, and in the context of parents’ support and without pressure from specific teaching progression, she integrated the objectives of

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gifted curriculum, students' needs and interests into the design and implementation of the mathematics curriculum. Thus, her teaching evoked students’ interesting to explore mathematics further. The teacher also used the results of students’ exploration to attend mathematics competition in elementary level, and got a good grade and performance. Article ID: 60073 Title: A Professional Development Program for Facilitating the Ability of Creative Math Problem Solving for the Gifted Students Name: Shiangtung Liu Affiliation: National Chiayi University E-mail: shiangtung@gmail.com Abstract Most teachers teaching in gifted program at elementary school level graduated from special education program, instead of from math or math education program. Therefore, math teaching for the gifted students at the elementary school is a challenging task for these teachers. Consequently, the professional development for those in-service teachers is a key work for developing math teaching competence. The authors adopted cooperative action research with two teachers of gifted students to develop a professional development program to assist them to teach math with more competent. In order to enhance the teachers’ math teaching competence, three strategies was used. 1. To understand the math knowledge in the curriculum, the teachers review the map of the major math concepts with researchers. 2. To learn students’ math knowledge for proper teaching, the teachers learn to conjecture students’ solution types before their problem solving. 3. To develop the proper math activities for facilitating the gifted students’ high order concepts, the teachers review the math learning activities in students’ home classroom. In order to advance students’ learning effect, three strategies of math teaching were adopted. 1. To fit students’ cognitive levels or prior knowledge background, the teachers design and pose a set of related problems, instead of a single problem. 2. To inspire students’ spontaneous and creative strategies, the teachers provide scaffolding by questioning when students meet difficulties, instead of providing procedures for problem solving. 3. To examine students’ learning outcomes and to stimulate their reflection from learning, students were encouraged to pose parallel problems, with same problem structure but different context, to their peers to do problem solving. To present the results the above strategies, some examples of teacher work and students’ problem solving will be illustrated. For example, a female student felt her math ability lag behind the other gifted peer, probably because she did not attend extra supplemental program. During this project, she stood on the equal horizontal level compared with her peer because the problems posed by the research team are non-routine/ unfamiliar problems. She thus gained confidence in her problem solving ability. Especially, when her strategies for problem solving were approved instinctive or creative, she became more interested in math problem solving. In addition, as a male teacher said, he used to choose problems from extra supplemental books for enrichment activities. From this study, he did learn the strategy of meeting students’ cognitive levels by providing both a deeper problem and a simpler problem based on the original posed problem. Some suggestions generated from the results also discussed in this study. Article ID: 60082 Title: The Study of Word’s Coloring Meaning in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

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Name: Yan Liu Affiliation: North China University of Technology E-mail: jljaly@163.com Abstract This paper presents the interrelationship between the concepts of educational milieu and educa-tional area, characterized by systematic, internal integrity. The attempt is also undertaken to spe-cify the relationship of the educational milieu with the determination of the culture role in the education itself. The author notes the fundamental role of cultural and mental components in-scribed in the very structure of the educational milieu in the process of getting education. In the context of educational process elements unification educational milieu contributes to the preser-vation of the socio-cultural persistent forms developed on the basis of cultural traditions. Article ID: 60043 Title: Predictors of Hands-On Learning: Students’ Problem Solving Confidence, Problem Solving Style, and Problem Approach Attitude Relevant to Parental Monitoring Name: Chi-Ruei Tsai Affiliation: National Taiwan Normal University E-mail: bass2143@gmail.com Abstract Helicopter parents prevail in this current society, their monitoring practice was assumed to take their children away from many hands-on engagements and affect children’s problem solving skills. Accordingly, this study conducted a questionnaire survey to those vocational high school students who had ever experienced project making, and there were 456 effective questionnaires collected for confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The results showed that: (1) parental monitoring was negatively correlated to problem solving confidence, problem solving style, and problem approaching attitude. (2) Students’ problem solving confidence, problem solving style, and problem approach attitude were positively associated with hands-on learning attitude. The results implied that parents ought to give children more opportunities to behave themselves, so children would have higher foci of hands-on practice which special needed in vocational high school. Article ID: 60060 Title: How to understand young children’s creativity in visual arts? Name: Lai Ha Cheung Affiliation: Hong Kong Institute of Education E-mail: lhcheung@ied.edu.hk Abstract When there is a lack of agreement about a common definition of creativity in school curricula (Fox & Schirrmacher 2012; Koster 2012; Zimmerman 2009 & 2010; 黄壬來 2005), how can early childhood practitioners understand young children’s creativity? The presentation is a part of a doctoral study. It involves a review on a range of definitions of creativity; and introduces some practical definitions that may help teachers to understand young children’s creativity in visual arts activities.

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Article ID: 60029 Title: Teaching for creativity - Examining the beliefs of Hong Kong preschool teachers and their influence on teachers’ pedagogical practice Name: Rebecca Hun Ping Cheung Affiliation: Hong Kong Institute of Education E-mail: rcheung@ied.edu.hk Abstract The study aimed to examine the relationship between Hong Kong preschool teachers’ beliefs about good creative practices and their actual pedagogical practices. The participants were 15 preschool teachers from five preschool settings in Hong Kong. Individual semi-structured interviews were used to investigate teachers’ beliefs on the characteristics of a creative teacher, the environmental settings important for developing creativity, the kinds of teaching strategies best for developing creativity in children, and the best criteria for judging creativity in children. Classroom observations were employed to examine the extent to which teachers’ beliefs about good creative practices were reflected in their actual pedagogical practices. Results showed that most participated teachers held similar beliefs about good creative practice and these beliefs generally aligned with those suggested in the literature. Findings from the classroom observation revealed both congruity and inconsistencies between teachers’ stated beliefs and their actual pedagogical practices. Their actual practices were a function of many influences rather than just their beliefs. The findings might lead to further inquiry on how to bridge the gap between beliefs and practices. Article ID: 60018 Title: Colour as an Element of the Creativity in Educa-tion of Design Name: Zoran Markovic Affiliation: University of Botswana, Gaborone E-mail: markovicz@mopipi.ub.bw Abstrac Education of Design is creativity based process. From Kansei Engineering to Emotional Design, there are several different approaches in involving feelings and emotions in designing process. Analysing all tools and techniques used by designers, colour has one of the biggest psychological impacts on the final users. Colour has the power not only to change the existing architectural language, but also to be a language on its own. Within architectural semiology, colour has a very important role. The paper presents the preliminary results of the research on cultural background and its influence on the psychological impact of the colour in design (architectural, interior, etc.). The re-search started in the beginning of 2012 and it has been conducted in Serbia, Botswana, Kenya (fully finalized), India, Slovenia, Brazil (ongoing), Singapore, South Africa and Malaysia (in the preparation stage), Japan, China, Russia, South Korea and Mexico (organization started). The Research objective is to describe, analyse and present importance of the emotional creativity in education, the current status of the role cultural background plays in colour choices in design, as well as to analyse psychological (personal) and social (group) impact and influence of colour. Moreover, the experiments planned are intended not only to outline contemporary cultural influence on colour preferences but also to revisit, revive and expand on the existing research in this field (e.g. Kaya/Epps research at University of Georgia, USA, etc.) by adding the notion of multi-cultural background.

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Article ID: 60057 Title: Research on Adapting to QR code byAuto-repairing Students in Vocational High School Name: Chun-Hsin Chang Affiliation: National Taiwan Normal University E-mail: antun@acrown.com.tw Abstrac QR code is prevailing not only in daily life, but also in education settings as a technology enhanced learning tool. The present study aimed at explore the usage of QR code as searching and learning material presence and connecting social media for vocational high school students to learn auto-repairing. The experiment contained 3 learning units for 3 lessons for 155 students, moreover, based on the theory of planned behavior to design the questionnaire and delivered after those students completed the course. Data of 153 effectively collected and subjected to confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The results showed that Internet cognitive failure was positively correlated to hedonic and epistemic value. Both experiential values, hedonic and epistemic, were positively associated with students’ attitude toward using QR code to learn knowledge relevant to auto-repairing; moreover, their attitude was positively correlated to continuance intention to learn with QR code. The implication of this study suggested that if teachers want to use QR code as a learning media for students, they should pay attention to reduce the complexity of QR code contents.

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Article ID: 90011 Title: Peer attachment and Social anxiety among nondisabled, deaf and blind adolescents: Group moderated gender moderation Name: Lu Aitao Affiliation: South China Normal University E-mail: 313654678@qq.com Abstract The present study examined the relationship between peer attachment and social anxiety across gender for deaf, blind, and normal adolescents, with a particular interest in whether the gender moderation in this relationship varied across these three samples. Participants were 104 deaf adolescents (52.9% male), 73 blind adolescents(53.4% male), and 147 normal adolescents (51.7% male), recruited from six special education schools (five for deaf students and one for blind students) as well as one elementary school and one middle school for normal students in China. They completed Peer Attachment Security(IPPA- peer subscale) and Social Anxiety Scale for Children (SASC). It was found that gender moderated the relationship between peer attachment and social anxiety, which varied across deaf, blind, and normal adolescents. Specifically, the link between peer attachment and social anxiety was stronger in the normal female than in the normal male, while it was reversed in deaf sample. For blind sample, the effect of peer attachment on social anxiety was comparable between the male and female adolescents who are blind. The present study contributes to an emerging understanding of the underlying process between peer attachment and social anxiety, suggesting gender working model varies as a function of physical disability.

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Article ID: 90031 Title: Bounded rationality and learning agility in education and business Name: Alexey Popov Affiliation: Perm State Humanities University; ECOPSY Consulting E-mail: popov-research@mail.ru Abstract We describe our latest research efforts in the sphere of psychometric study of cognitive human potential. It is emphasized that cognitive potential is a special class of abilities that cannot be measured by traditional psychometric tools. As an example, special abilities can predict success in the workplace, but the problem with special abilities is that they are dependent on working experience. If a person yet has no experience but we still want to predict their job performance (e.g. in a selection/hiring situation), strictly speaking, we seem to be unable to do that. We define learning agility as the readiness and ability to master new experience. The construct is based on a situational approach where three typical situations are postulated that require three essentially different abilities. Hence, the three main scales included in our Learning Agility Test (LATe) are (1) speed, (2) critical thinking and (3) flexibility of thinking. This set of scales characterizes individual’s abilities to (1) think accurately and quickly in simple well-defined tasks, (2) think deeply in complex situations with no time limits, (3) overcome negative effects of previous experience in situations where it is no longer suitable (ability to re-learn). To measure flexibility of thinking we relied on a large body of research into cognitive biases and heuristics that emerge in decision-making under uncertainty (the notion of bounded rationality proposed by A.Tversky and D.Kahneman). Experimental between-subject tasks drawn from separate studies were converted to within-subject design and comprised a scale tapping into around 30 most well-studied cognitive biases. The resulting measure was hypothesized to reflect individual susceptibility to cognitive biases under uncertainty. Several studies were conducted to look into intercorrelations among the biases as well as the confirmatory factor structure underlying flexibility of thinking scale. As part of Learning Agility Test validation research was also conducted into correlations with Assessment Center results, in-basket managerial measures, epistemological motivation test, etc. In conclusion we also characterize a broader conceptual framework of professional potential that includes (1) learning agility, (2) managerial potential and (3) execution and result-orientation. Article ID: 90043 Title: Effect of Group Mental Treatment on the Life Quality of Female Elders Living Alone Name: Yan Zhang Affiliation: East China Normal University E-mail: newyan1988@126.com Abstract Objectives: To explore the effect of group mental treatment on life quality of female elders living alone, as well as to analyze the efficacious factors. Methods: Thirty-one female elders living alone from five communities were selected to participate in a group mental treatment, which had 10 sessions, and each session lasted for an hour every two weeks. Treatment took place in fixed place and time. Before and after treatment, the MOS item short from health survey (SF-36) were taken to evaluate the change of life quality. Feedbacks and interviews were also taken to gather the subjective evaluation about the effectiveness of treatment as well as efficacious reasons. Results: After treatment, except the bodily pain (t=1.124, p=0.270), the general health, physical function, vitality and mental

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health has increased significantly (t=4.790, p<0.001; t=5.869, p<0.001; t=6.502, p<0.001; t=9.301, p<0.001), indicating the effectiveness of treatment. All participants rated a highest score for treatment, and the rate of very satisfactory reached 100%. Interviews results showed that the reasons of efficacy were: the process of treatment brought positive emotions, enlarged social support system and met the need of being loved; while the treatment itself helped them to synthesize life. Conclusions: Group mental treatment that focused on meeting the need of belonging and love, as well as synthesizing life could improve life quality of female elders living alone effectively. Article ID: 90035 Title: Individual differences in cognitive biases: personality aspect Name: Alexander Vikhman Affiliation: Perm State Humanities University E-mail: vixmann@mail.ru Abstract Numerous facts testifying to inherent irrationality of human judgments, forecasts and decisions drive researchers to review their understanding of the nature of thinking. Evidently, decision-making processes are saturated with automatic subconscious elements that enable fast and energy-saving decisions. These processes are different from the mechanisms of intelligence and critical thinking which are subject to conscious regulation. The main bulk of these processes is comprised of cognitive biases and heuristics. During the last two decades research into cognitive biases and heuristics changed its emphasis from describing separate phenomena to establishing individual differences in these phenomena. Recent research has postulated correlations between some of the cognitive biases and various characteristics of thinking, memory and personality. A complex image of interrelations emerges, this image can gain its holistic explanation in the framework of systemic approaches. At the same time, a lot of hypothetical connections between cognitive biases and such phenomena as emotional control, self-regulation, interpersonal interactions, etc. remain untested. A person’s ability to resist cognitive biases can also be conceptualized as a meta-cognitive characteristic of the rational system of thinking. Our research addressed two objectives: (1) study correlations among various cognitive biases and (2) establish significant correlates between susceptibility to cognitive biases and personality traits. The study involved an online test of susceptibility to cognitive biases (developed by our team) and a multifactor personality measure. The sample consisted of university students of non-technical specializations of both sexes. Results showed that the majority of significant correlations among cognitive biases were negative. This means that no general factor of susceptibility to cognitive biases was found. The presence of one cognitive bias does not guarantee the presence of other biases. Moreover, it seems to be common for various cognitive biases to compensate for each other. Significant correlations were also found between cognitive biases and personality traits, which provides directions for more detailed research in the future. Article ID: 90023 Title: The experience of work engagement, hardy personality, optimism and subjective well-being among nurses from China and Spain Name: Eva Garrosa Affiliation: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

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E-mail: eva.garrosa@uam.es Abstract Engagement, HP, Optimism and Subjective Well-Being (SWB) Scales. The data were analysed using Pearson correlations, Student’s t-tests and hierarchical multiple regression. The personality characteristics in these countries are different, as are the variables that explain engagement. In both samples, the variable most closely associated with engagement is commitment. Optimism was another predictor, but subjective well-being was only a predictor for Spanish nurses. This study is a first approximation to understand the application of HP, optimism and subjective well-being as personal resources that affect the way in which nurses interact with their working environment and to improve engagement. Practical implications are discussed. Article ID: 90039 Title: Representation of “I-Stranger” Interaction as a Communication Risks Predictor Name: Elena Ryaguzova Affiliation: Saratov State University E-mail: rjaguzova@yandex.ru Abstract The paper contains a theoretical study of the personal representation of “I-Stranger” interaction. The differentiation of the native-strange and close/ours-alien dichotomies is suggested. The empirical study (N=100) which highlighted the ambivalent nature of personal representation of “I-Stranger” interaction, its ambiguity and variability has been conducted. The prospects of representation of “I-Stranger” interaction studying in modern multicultural world are stated. The applied aspect of the stated problem can be implemented in the training programs on the personality intercultural sensitivity development. Article ID: 90004 Title: Perception of body image and life satisfaction: A moderated mediation model of self-esteem and being deaf or not Name: Xiuxiu Hong Affiliation: South China Normal University E-mail: xiux.hong@gmail.com Abstract The present research investigated the relationships between perception of body image and life satisfaction, and the role of self-esteem as mediator and being deaf or not as moderator of that relationship. A total of 118 Chinese deaf adolescents (55.1% male; mean age = 15.12 years, SD = 2.13) from 5 special schools and 132 Chinese hearing adolescents (53.8% male; mean age = 13.11 years, SD = .85) completed anonymous questionnaires regarding perception of body image, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. It was found that the self-esteem partially mediated the relationships between perception of body image and life satisfaction. Moreover, this indirect link was stronger for hearing adolescents than for deaf adolescents.

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Article ID: 90034 Title: Whether and How political identities are perceived from faces Name: Leon Lou Affiliation: Grand Valley State University E-mail: loul@gvsu.edu Abstract There have been several published studies (e.g., Rule and Ambady, 2010) supporting the idea that political identity (liberal vs. conservative) or attitude can be perceived from a person’s face with above-chance accuracy. In a series of exploratory studies with a fairly big sample of faces of US congressmen and congresswomen as target stimuli, I asked research participants to decide whether each face appears to belong to a democrat or republican politician. No evidence whatsoever has been found for claiming that democrat and republican politicians can be differentiated from their faces. However, some democrats are perceived by a statistically significant majority of our students as being democrat (correctly) or republican (wrongly), and vice versa for some of the republicans. Consequently, I attempt to understand what perceptual heuristics are used for judging political identities from faces. This question was explored in a study which measured eight perceived facial features that are either about emotional expressions or related to personalities in addition to the perceived political affiliation of the target faces. Participants were also assessed on their political leaning and political knowledge. There are two major conclusions emerging from the analysis. First, the perception of democrat vs. republican faces is mainly driven by two factors----the affect factor, or how emotionally positive a face appears to be, and power factor, or how dominant and mature a face appears to be. Consistent with previous reports, all participants tend to identify more dominant and mature faces with being republican. What is new and more interesting from this study is that the affect factor appears to underlie perception of political affiliations in different ways for participants of different political leanings: While democrat-leaning participants tend to identify emotionally positive faces with being democrat, republican-leaning participants are not much swayed by the emotional positivity. Article ID: 90044 Title: Sequence effects of arrow cueing ——The role of voluntary control Name: Qian Qian Affiliation: Kunming University of Science and Technology E-mail: qianqian_yn@126.com Abstract People tend to automatically orient their attention to the same object that other people are looking at or an arrow is pointing at. This cue-following behavior has been found to be influenced by the orienting processes of previous trials in a symbolic cueing paradigm. The present study investigated the influence of voluntary control on the sequence effect of arrow cueing by manipulating the cue predictive values. The results show significant sequence effects and the magnitude of effects does not differ for different predictive values. The results support the automatic retrieval hypothesis for the sequence effect. Article ID: 90030 Title: Comparison between the Personality Dimensions of Delinquents and Non-Delinquents of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KPK)

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Name: Sehrish Khan Affiliation: Comsats Institute of Information and Technology, Abbottabad E-mail: sehrishkhan@ciit.net.pk Abstract This study was an attempt to find out the comparison between the personality dimensions of delinquents and non delinquents of Khyber Pukhtonkhwa (KPK). Eysenck personality Questionnaire (junior) (Urdu Version 2007) was administered on the sample of 400 (Delinquents=200, non-delinquents=200). Delinquents were the inmates in different jails of KPK while non-delinquents were the students of different colleges of KPK. It was hypothesized that the delinquents will score higher on all the four dimensions of Eysenck personality scale as compared to non delinquents. Findings of the study confirmed the said hypothesis. It was proved that delinquents have higher scores of psychoticism, neuroticism, extraversion, and lie as compared to non-delinquents. The findings of this study can help the parents, teachers, and the law departments to focus on the construction of healkthy personality so that the rate of crimes among adolescents can be minimized. Article ID: 90007 Title: Occupational Stereotype：Up-down Spatial Embodiment of the Competence Content Name: Yanping Yu Affiliation: South China Normal University E-mail: yuyanpingelena@163.com Abstract Previous studies have documented the centrality of the two basic dimensions of warmth and competence in stereotype. This study aims at further investigating the embodiment of the competence content, by testing whether occupational words with high/low competence can activate spatial image schema. A modified version of the spatial cuing paradigm was used in which participants first indicated whether an occupational word represented a mental or physical occupation (e.g., scientist or farmer), and then carried out an arrow direction judgment task (Experiment 1) or a letter identification task (Experiment 2). It was shown that the mere processing of occupations with high/low competence both primed upward/downward arrow judgments and oriented attention to the higher/lower area of visual space, respectively. The interpretation of the results indicated that the competence dimension of stereotype automatically refers to vertical space, suggesting the embodiment of the competence content. Article ID: 90020 Title: The impact of emotional arousal training on conjunction fallacy: The difference between the arts and science students Name: Meichao Zhang Affiliation: South China Normal University E-mail: zhangmeichao2013@gmail.com Abstract The present study investigated the different impact of emotional arousal training on conjunction fallacy between the arts and science students. After finishing a computerised version of Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), participants were

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trained to avoid conjunction bias on a frequency judgment task derived from the works of Tversky and Kahneman. Pre- and post-test performances were measured via another two probability judgment tasks which were counterbalanced across participants. The results showed that students who received emotional-based logical training produced fewer conjunction fallacy biases than those received logical training. Such result pattern existed in both arts and science students with larger proportion of reduced bias in art students. More interestingly, arts students who produced a biased answer despite the experimental training (i.e., producing bias answers in both pre- and post- probability judgment tasks) showed less emotion-based learning ability in IGT than those arts students who produced a logical answer after experimental training. However, there was no such finding in science students. These results argue in favour of the capacity of the human mind/brain to overcome reasoning bias and as a function of emotional warning sensitivity between arts and science students. Article ID: 90012 Title: Nitric oxide scavenger carboxy-PTIO impaired memory of avoidance conditioning in goldfish Name: Xiaojuan Xu Affiliation: Grand Valley State University E-mail: xux@gvsu.edu Abstract The long-term potentiation (LTP), an activity-induced increase in the efficacy of neurotransmission, has long been conceived to be a physiological correlate of learning and memory. Investigations of synaptic transmission suggest that the postsynaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor is the upstream mediator of LTP, while nitric oxide (NO), a retrograde messenger from postsynaptic neurons to presynaptic neuron, is the downstream mediator of LTP. Our previous studies showed that microinjections of NMDA receptor antagonist D-AP5 to the goldfish telencephalon prior to trainings impaired learning of avoidance conditioning in goldfish. However, microinjections of D-AP5 to the goldfish telencephalon immediately following trainings did not impair memory of avoidance conditioning. Carboxy-PTIO is a NO scavenger that prevents NO from reaching the presynaptic neurons. The present study investigated the effects of microinjections of carboxy-PTIO to the goldfish telencephalon immediately following trainings on avoidance conditioning. The results showed that microinjections of carboxy-PTIO to the goldfish telencephalon immediately following trainings impaired memory of avoidance conditioning. Article ID: 90021 Title: The Relationship between the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) and the Hof-stede-Dimensions: Preliminary empirical evi-dence from Germany, Morocco, and China Name: Alexander Unger Affiliation: University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen, Germany E-mail: alunger@web.de Abstract In this study we intend to test possible relationships between time perspectives and the Hofstede dimensions at the individual level in three cultural settings: Germany, Morocco, and China. The main basic assumption is that the configuration of time perspectives (Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999) influences the cultural dimensions at the individual level. We assume that time perspectives are relevant for some of the cultural dimensions, and we tested these hypotheses separately in the three cultural settings used (Germany, Morocco and China).

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Article ID: 90019 Title: Sources of Creativity: The Roles of Mind Sets and Accessibility Name: Yong Cao Affiliation: University of Alaska Anchorage E-mail: ycao@uaa.alaska.edu Abstract This purpose of this research is to examine whether priming a mind-set of bolstering (vs. counterargument) will increase creative activity. Research on mind-set shows that a procedure learned in one situation will be highly likely to be executed in an irrelevant subsequent task because the increased accessibility of procedure knowledge which will be later used in decision making and judgment tasks ( Jing and Wyer, 2007). Research shows that when people are bolstering ideas, consistent evidence that supports the existing beliefs will be sought. However, when counterargument is done, evidence that refutes existing beliefs will be thought. Because creativity thoughts should be heightened by the tendency to “think different,” we believe that the a counterargument mindset should more likely lead to creative thoughts, behaviors and performances. Article ID: 90018 Title: Neural Network Analysis of Nonlinear Effects of Hardiness on Burnout in Chinese Nurses Name: Felix Ladstaetter Affiliation: IE University E-mail: fladstatter@faculty.ie.edu Abstract Substantial research attention is evident in the hardiness and related literature concerning the topic of moderational effects of hardiness on work-related stressors and strains. In this research mostly linear methods have been used to analyze these moderational effects. However, it is not very likely that these effects are purely linear. The present study uses a neural network, a method which can model nonlinear relationships, to analyze the effects of hardiness. A cluster analysis of 268 Chi-nese nurses based on their self-ratings in the hardiness dimensions of commitment, challenge, and control was performed. Two groups of individuals were identified, consisting of (1) those who scored above average and (2), those who scored below average on all hardiness dimensions. On the basis of these clusters, a multi-layer neural network was used to analyze the data. Article ID: 90008 Title: Popularity among Teenage Girls in Adelaide and Shanghai: A Pilot Q-Method Study Name: Laurence Owens Affiliation: Flinders University E-mail: larry.owens@flinders.edu.au Abstract Being popular is of crucial importance to adolescents and particularly to teenage girls. In the past, popularity was

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measured via sociometric ratings and was seen as being well liked and accepted. In recent years, western researchers have asked teens themselves to express their views of popularity. This has led to a new view of popularity as being publically visible and prestigious and not neces-sarily well-liked. To investigate teenage girls’ perceptions of popularity we utilized Q methodology which is concerned with the scientific study of subjectivity. Our samples were 40 14-16 year old girls from Adelaide, South Australia, and 53 16-19 year old girls from Shanghai, China. The South Australian study revealed two factors, the first (reported in this paper) called “pretty girl popularity” was concerned with physical attractiveness and fashionable appearance, and characterized by an anti-authority attitude. In the Shanghai sample, only one dominant factor emerged – it defined popular girls as being even-tempered, sincere, forgiving, outgoing and energetic while unpopular girls were seen as being relationally aggressive and self-centred. The differences between our two samples may be related to the different cultural contexts of Adelaide and Shanghai, the former re-lating to an individualistic ethic and the latter concerned more with social harmony. Article ID: 90036 Title: What happens when you put your mind into it: Research on mindfulness Name: Jing Chen Affiliation: Grand Valley State University E-mail: chenj@gvsu.edu Abstract In recent years, mindfulness has gradually become a mainstream research topic in psychology and neuroscience. In this presentation, I will review two major lines of mindfulness research, referred to by Hart and colleagues (Hart, Ivtzan, & Hart, 2013) as the creative mindfulness (Langer, 1989; Langer & Moldoveanu, 2000) and meditative mindfulness (Kabat-Zinn, 1982; 1994). Despite the fact that self-regulated attention towards the present moment is the core of both types of mindfulness, they have come from different traditions: Creative mindfulness, mainly from the West, emphasizes an active and novel engagement with external stimuli (e.g., Langer, 1989) whereas meditative mindfulness, influenced by Buddhism and typically through meditation, attempts to cultivate a higher-level metacognitive awareness of both our thoughts and the external environment (e.g., Kabat-Zin, 1982). Psychological and clinical outcomes of both types of mindfulness over a diverse range of areas (e.g., marital satisfaction, quality of late life, self acceptance, stress reduction, and cognitive functions) as well as its impact on the brain (e.g., gray matter, white matter, connectivity, or brain cells) will be reviewed and critically evaluated in this presentation. The drastic economical development over the last twenty years in China has presented enormous psychological challenges to individuals caught in the middle such changes. Effective mindfulness interventions and an active practice of mindfulness may help people in China improve their psychological well-being and result in a greater amount of social harmony. Article ID: 90022 Title: Study of solution-focused brief counseling to group counseling methods used in schools The application of group counseling in solution-focused brief counseling model applied in school students Name: Yi Jun Chen Affiliation: Asia University E-mail: by999yellow@gmail.com

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Abstract The purpose of this research tended to introduce solution-focused brief counseling (SFBC) model and discussed how this model was applied in group counseling in school to provide counseling service. In an attempt to meet demand and supply for schools, group counseling provided a more economical efficiency. Nonetheless, little research was found in the application of the previous studies regarding SFBC in school. Thus, this study emphasized SFBC, aiming to assist the practitioners in schools for reference. Article ID: 90033 Title: Study of the Therapeutic Factors on Ullman Dream Group of University Students Name: Yen-Chieh Sung Affiliation: Tsaotun Psychiatric Center E-mail: xj721102@gmail.com Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate therapeutic factors and effects of university students in the Ullman dream group,Using workshop to work with dreams twice a week for 6 hours in two weeks. The research tools included: “Group Therapeutic Factor Inventory—Short Form”. In terms of the average score of the beneficial perception for each factor category in the 8 dream sessions the factor of “positive feeling toward the groups” had the highest score; factors of “solicitation of action abilities” ,“cognitive gains” , “universality”, advices providing, altruism, Self-disclosure and sharing ranks next; factor of “experience and understanding of family relationship” had the lowest score.Based on the results of the study, implications and recommendations for counseling practices and future research are discussed and outlined. Article ID: 90027 Title: What Contributes to Rural Chinese Youth’s Educational Aspiration and Achievement? An Investigation of Two Indigenous Chinese Notions Name: Qian Wang Affiliation: The Chinese University of Hong Kong E-mail: qianwang@psy.cuhk.edu.hk Abstract In this investigation of 299 junior-high-school students in a rural area in Southwestern China, youth’s educational aspiration (i.e., the highest educational attainment they wanted to have) and achievement (i.e., the grades they obtained in mid-term and final exams at school) when in 8th grade were predicted from their beliefs about the moral (e.g., “Working hard in my studies is the best way for me to be a good child”) vs. pragmatic (e.g., “Working hard in my studies is the best way for me to achieve success in life”) value of effort when in 7th grade. It was found that the greater youth’s belief about the pragmatic value of effort, the higher their educational aspiration and achievement one year later, whereas youth’s belief about the moral value of effort was unrelated to their educational aspiration and achievement over time.

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Article ID: 90037 Title: An intervention to promote resilience in Chinese new immigrants to Hong Kong Name: Nancy Yu Affiliation: City University of Hong Kong E-mail: nancy.yu@cityu.edu.hk Abstract Immigrants are vulnerable to the development of adaptation difficulties. A pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in 220 immigrants from mainland China to Hong Kong. They were randomly assigned to one of the three groups, including the Resilience Arm, the Information Arm and the Control Arm. All participants completed assessment questionnaires before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and at three-month follow-up. The results found that the Resilience Intervention showed high acceptability and feasibility for implementation in the community. Compared with the other two arms, the Resilience Intervention reported greater increases in personal resilience and greater decreases in adaptation difficulties at both post-intervention and three months later. The findings suggest that the Resilience Intervention is effective in immigrants.

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Part V Instructions for Presentations

Oral Presentation

Devices Provided by the Conference Organizing Committee:

Laptops (with MS-office & Adobe Reader)

Projectors & Screen

Laser Sticks

Materials Provided by the Presenters:

PowerPoint or PDF files

Duration of each Presentation:

Regular Oral Session: 15 Minutes of Presentation, 5 Minutes of Q & A

Plenary Speech: 40 - 45 Minutes of Presentation, 5 Minutes of Q & A

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Part VI Hotel Information

About Hotel

Youngor central Hotel (雅戈尔富宫大酒店) is a four-star deluxe business hotel and it is conveniently located in heart of the ancient city of Suzhou within walking distance to the down town Guanqian Business Street.

Address: Gongxiang 63#, Guanqian business street, Suzhou city. 苏州市观前街宫巷63号. URL: http://www.youngor-hotels.com/fg/info.asp Tel: 0512-65159998 Fax: 0512-65218006 For non-Chinese author, please show the following info to the driver if you take a taxi: 请送我到：中国苏州市观前街宫巷63号 雅戈尔富宫大酒店

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Contact Us

CCE/CPSH Organizing Committee

Secretary: Ms. Rolin

Telephone: +86 15629085791

E-mail: submit@creativedu.org

submit@psychconf.org