Getting What You Pay For: Children's Use of Market Norms to Regulate Exchanges

Children are sensitive to a number of considerations influencing distributions of resources, including equality, equity, and reciprocity. We tested whether children use a specific type of reciprocity norm—market norms—in which resources are distributed differentially based strictly on amount offered in return. In two studies, 195 children 5–10 years and 60 adults distributed stickers to friends offering same or different amounts of money. Overall, participants distributed more equally when offers were the same and more unequally when offers were different. Although sensitive to why friends offered different amounts of money, children increasingly incorporated market norms into their distributions with age, as the oldest children and adults distributed more to those offering more, irrespective of the reasons provided.     

Social Perceptions of Students with Learning Disabilities Who Differ in Social Status

As a group, students with learning disabilities (LD) have social difficulties. One possible explanation for these difficulties is the unique way they process social information. Although students with LD may differ from their nondisabled peers in their social cognition, investigators have suggested the presence of subgroups within the population of students with LD who may differ in their social competence and, thereby, shed light on the source of the difficulties. The present exploratory study examined how two subgroups of students with LD in inclusive settings, students with high and low social status, perceive social situations. Using a sociometric technique, three students with LD receiving high social‐status ratings and three students with LD receiving low social‐status ratings were identified. A qualitative approach was used to gather and evaluate data from the participants and their teachers. Results suggested differences between the two subgroups in their (1) sensitivity to cues in the environment, (2) interpretation of social situations in relation to their own experiences, and (3) levels of self‐control. Implications of these findings for practice and future research are discussed.     

诺贝尔奖等级工作的文献保障

目前,中国科学院尚不能为知识创新工程重点支持的基础性研究工作--诺贝尔奖等级工作,提供充分的文献保障。因此,笔者指出加强诺贝尔奖等级工作的文献保障体系建设的重点应放在基层。     

爸爸忘了你还只是个孩子

本期推出两篇短小精美的文章,表达了父爱的温馨,有兴趣的读者朋友不妨将它们作为范文来诵渎。     

中学体育教学多媒体制作问题浅析

在中学体育教学中合理运用多媒体辅助手段,可以达到提高教学效果的最终目的.因此教师在教学实践中要能明确计算机辅助教学的必要性,掌握CAI课件制作的原则,学会CAI课件制作的方法,并要能注意CAI课件使用的效果.