Psychological Development and Education ›› 2009, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (1): 21-26.

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The Effects of Mood State on Set Shifting of Children

ZHAO Li1, WANG Yong-hui1, WANG Zhen-hong1, YOU Xu-qun1, YUE Cai-qun2   

  1. 1. Department of psychology, Shaanxi normal university, Xi'an 710062;
    2. The sixty seven middle school of Xi'an, Xi'an 710014
  • Online:2009-01-15 Published:2009-01-15

Abstract: Using the emotional films to induce the mood state,this study investigated set shifting ability of 64 children from age 8 to 12 years old at the state of positive or negative emotion.The experiment was a 4(age:8;9;10;12)×2 (emotion:positive;negative)×3(repeat;two shift conditions)mixed design.The results showed that the mood state had significant effect on set shifting,the positive mood state may impair performance on switching condition,especially when switching to a new task set after repeating more items in the same set comparing with switching after repeating less items in the same set.None of the significant differences were observed among children of four age groups in both of the switching conditions,suggesting that children of age from 8 to 12 years all have the capacity to switch on-line between two task sets.

Key words: set shifting, task switch, mood state

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1
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