Personal reactions to ‘strange’ situations: Attachment styles and acculturation attitudes of immigrants and majority members

A growing number of studies examine the influence of individual factors on acculturation attitudes of immigrants, but few studies focus on majority members’ attitudes. In this paper, two studies are reported on the relation between attachment styles and acculturation attitudes of both immigrants (N=177) and majority members (N=243) in the Netherlands. Until now very few studies have associated cultural adjustment with attachment styles. This is remarkable, because attachment theory refers to interaction with others in new situations. Four different styles of attachment (the secure, dismissing, preoccupied and fearful attachment styles) are related to Berry's classification of acculturation attitudes. People, both immigrants and majority members, with a secure attachment style were positive towards integration, whereas people with a dismissing attachment style were not. Dismissing immigrants were more positive towards separation. Whereas both immigrants and majority members with a secure attachment style showed a similar pattern of correlations between attachment and acculturation, they seem to react quite differently, and even in opposite ways, when they have a preoccupied attachment style. Yet, the different reactions may be caused by the same psychological process: The existential ambivalence of preoccupied people may lead to diverse reactions.     

Parental perceptions of gender differences in child technology use and cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is a major health concern for today's youth and a pervasive stressor for adolescents and their families. This study offers qualitative insights into how parents perceive their children's technology use and engagement in cyberbullying based on gender. Eight focus groups were conducted with 48 parents of adolescents ages 10–17. Findings indicated parents perceived their children overuse technology and lack awareness of what cyberbullying is. Specific to gender, parents suggested their daughters use technology for social connection, and parents were more concerned about their daughter's technology use than their son's, which they believed was related to specific interests. In response to cyberbullying scenarios, parents encouraged females but not males to socialize with peers. This is the first qualitative study to obtain an in-depth understanding of the ways in which parents perceive and socialize their children in regard to technology use and cyberbullying scenarios. These results may help school systems, school psychologists, researchers, and parents gain awareness of the gender-stereotypical socialization process that unfolds in parental monitoring of technology use and cyberbullying situations. We conclude by offering suggestions for how school systems and personnel might intervene.     

Exploring Verbal,Visual and Schematic Learners' Static and Dynamic Mental Images of Scientific Species and Processes in Relation to Their Spatial Ability

The current study compared different learners’ static and dynamic mental images of unseen scientific species and processes in relation to their spatial ability. Learners were classified into verbal, visual and schematic. Dynamic images were classified into: appearing/disappearing, linear-movement, and rotation. Two types of scientific entities and their related processes were investigated: astronomical and microscopic. The sample included 79 female students from Grades 9 and 10. For the purpose of the study, three instruments were used. The Mental Images by Guided Imagery instrument was designed to investigate participants' visualization of static and dynamic mental images. The Water-Level Task was adopted to estimate participants' spatial ability. The Learning Styles Inventory was used to classify participants into verbal, visual and schematic learners. The research findings suggest that schematic learners outperformed verbal and visual learners in their spatial ability. They also outperformed them in their vividness of microscopic images; both micro-static and micro-dynamic images; especially in the case of appearing/disappearing images. The differences were not significant in the case of astronomical images. The results also indicate that appearing/disappearing images received the least vividness scores for all three types of learners.     

论英汉文学翻译中的语言美--兼议英汉翻译语体风格的转换

本立足于翻译的标准和原则，结合笔的翻译实践，从语体角度阐述英汉翻译中的语言美现象。     

科技期刊封面设计:基本规范·主要类型·图片获取——以《岩石学报》为例

中国期刊国际化进程日趋加快,期刊封面设计个性化,在一定程度上对于增强刊物对读者的吸引力、推进期刊品牌效应、扩大发行等方面起到重要的作用.通过对期刊封面设计的基本规范、主要类型的阐述,结合实例剖析封面图片应如何获取,分析与说明期刊封面设计所遵循的基本原则、设计理念和构创思路,以期引起相关人员的关注,并为实践和研究提供参考.     

中国古代家训的价值取向初探

中国古代家训滥觞于西周，发展于隋唐，完善于明清。它自始至终以修身、齐家、报国为主要内容，以“仁义”、“孝悌”、“忠敬”为价值取向。在当今家庭教育中仍应提倡“成人”教育，培植“家和”的人文精神，陶冶子女“心怀天下”的高尚情操。     

论郑珍诗歌独特的美学风格

郑珍作为近代“宋诗派”的杰出代表，秉承宋诗派的诗风，在学习古人的基础上，开拓创新，使其诗歌自成一家面目。通过对郑珍与韩愈、白居易、苏轼三住大家的比较，可以发现郑珍凭其深厚的经学积淀。渗融以时人鲜有的健康心态——率真、豁达的个性，推陈出新，形成了独特的诗风：于苏诗的横肆中见纯真，于韩诗的雄奇中见质朴。于白诗的平易中见不俗。     

时尚心理与领导干部作风建设

时尚是一种群众性的社会心理现象,它对社会可能有益,也可能有害。现在开展领导干部作风建设,就是要将党对领导干部作风上的要求变成时尚,促进社会健康时尚的形成,进而促进和谐社会建设。     

Reflectors as online extraverts?

Increasingly, online learning is perceived as an effective method of instruction. Much recent educational research has focused on examining the purposes and situations for which online education is best suited. In this paper, students enrolled in two online courses are compared with their peers enrolled in equivalent classroom‐based courses to investigate aspects of the relationship between learning style and mode of delivery. Student satisfaction measures are taken from participants in both modes of delivery and compared with student learning style. Feedback from the ‘Reflector’ learning style demonstrates higher satisfaction levels with the online mode of delivery compared with their matched counterparts following equivalent classroom‐based courses. Therefore, whilst ‘Reflectors’ might be regarded as Introverts in the traditional classroom setting, the additional time for reflection offered by online delivery makes this group more likely to contribute to online discussion, report higher satisfaction levels and generally behave more like online Extraverts.