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Comparison of the Learning Process and Selective Attention between Referential Communicators

ZHANG Heng-chao   

  1. Department of Psychology in Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin 300134
  • Online:2014-01-15 Published:2014-01-15

Abstract: The study took the undergraduate students as the experimental object and designed the experimental materials of virtual aliens. It created the tasks of functional prediction and dimensional selection to explore the characteristics of the learning process and selective attention between referential communicators by the paradigm of referential communication. The results showed that: From Block 2, the scores of the high-score group were extremely significantly higher than the low-score group. The overall results of dimensional selection of high-score group were significantly better than low-score group. The results of non-relative dimensional selection made a good manifestation. The results suggested that: The learning process between referential communicators was unbalanced. The overall levels of selective attention were unbalanced, and the imbalance was reflected by the concentration level of selective attention.

Key words: referential communication, learning process, selective attention, imbalance

CLC Number: 

  • G442

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