The discipline of psychology in Henan University has experienced nearly a century of development since the opening of the psychological course of the department of pedagogy of Zhongzhou University in 1924. Its evolution process can be divided into four stages： pioneering stage （1924-1948）, initial stage （1949-1977）, active exploration stage （1978-1999） and rapid development stage （2000-present）. Looking forward to the future, the discipline of psychology of Henan University will make further efforts to forge ahead, explore and innovate, and strive to build the discipline into a domestic advanced and internationally renowned highland of scientific research and talent training.

2022 Vol. 15　(4):　291-297 [Abstract]（ 0 ） HTML (0 KB)  PDF (642 KB)  ( 387 )

Compared with higher-class individuals, the physical and mental health of the lower-class individuals is generally at a lower level. As a kind of coping responses, shift-and-persist strategies have been found to be effective in improving lower-class people’s health in adversity conditions. Shifting refers to an individual's acceptance of reality and cognitive reappraisal to adjust themselves to the environment in a stressful situation. Persisting means constantly searching for meaning in life, maintaining optimism, having strength and holding a stable self in the face of adversity. Studies have shown that shifting and persisting can both independently positively predict the health level of lower-social-class individuals. Moreover, shift-and-persist can serve as an integrated strategy to promote the health of people at lower class. In the future, researchers can continue to conduct in-depth empirical research, improve the ecological validity of the studies, and carry out applied practices aimed at promoting the health level of low-class individuals.

2022 Vol. 15　(4):　304-310 [Abstract]（ 0 ） HTML (0 KB)  PDF (960 KB)  ( 316 )

This study aimed to explore the effect of experimenter presence on children’s learning. The subjects of this research were selected from grade one to grade six of primary school. The results showed that： （1） Experimenter presence did influence the children’s behavioral responses, encouraging children to sacrifice reaction time to ensure a higher accuracy of task. （2） The gender of experimenter was a crucial factor for the effect of experimenter presence on children's learning, which mainly embodied in the significant behavioral changes in children accompanied by female experimenter. These suggest that the presence of experimenter might encourage children to play “good subject” or “good student”. The influence of experimenter presence should be paid more attention in the future experimental research on children.

2022 Vol. 15　(4):　318-327 [Abstract]（ 0 ） HTML (0 KB)  PDF (982 KB)  ( 253 )

The current study suggested people work and task work are two important dimensions of team process in self-managing teams. We employed two studies to examine the effects of the two dimensions on team performance and team satisfaction. In Study 1, we conducted a study among 112 undergraduate students’ teams who conducting a project during a semester. We found both people work and task work were positively related to team performance, and task work mediated the relationship between people work and team performance. In Study 2, we conducted a simulation among 131 MBA students’ teams. Findings replicated the results in Study 1 and further suggested that people work and task work show effects on team satisfaction. This study sheds lights on effective teamwork modes in digital and AI era.

2022 Vol. 15　(4):　336-347 [Abstract]（ 0 ） HTML (0 KB)  PDF (1191 KB)  ( 212 )

In this study, we conducted two experiments to investigate the effects of experience similarity and experience valence on cooperative behavior in public goods game. We also explored the mediating role of empathy. In experiment 1, participants were asked to recall and write down one’s own experiences to manipulate experience similarity and valence. In experiment 2, we asked participants to read others' letters to manipulate experience similarity and valence. The results were as follows： （1） similar experience was more beneficial to cooperative behavior than dissimilar experience; （2） The valence of experience affected people's cooperative behavior. Specifically, the level of cooperation was the highest under the condition of sad experience in experiment 1, and the level of cooperation was the lowest under the condition of sad experience in experiment 2. （3） Empathy did not mediate the relationship between experience similarity and cooperative behavior. The results show that the similarity of experience can promote people's cooperative behavior, which provides theoretical and practical reference for promoting cooperation between individuals in the future.

2022 Vol. 15　(4):　357-364 [Abstract]（ 0 ） HTML (0 KB)  PDF (986 KB)  ( 285 )

The current study aimed to investigate the psychometric characteristics of the mindsets of intelligence scale （MIS） in Chinese adolescents. A total of 977 students in the seventh and eighth grades of junior high schools completed the MIS. The revised achievement goal questionnaire, effort beliefs scale and positive psychological capital questionnaire were also completed as the criterion measurements. The reliability analysis showed that the translated MIS had good internal consistency and test-retest reliability, and the item analysis presented that all items had good discrimination and normal scores distribution. The two factor structure of the scale was supported by both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Furthermore, the MIS with first person expression had better criterion validity compared with the second person expression’s scale. These results illustrate fine psychometric characteristics of MIS in Chinese adolescents, and provide implications for the investigation of Mindsets as well.

2022 Vol. 15　(4):　376-384 [Abstract]（ 0 ） HTML (1 KB)  PDF (955 KB)  ( 325 )