采用情绪影片引发情绪的方法,考察64名8-12岁儿童在正负情绪状态下定势转换能力的表现。研究为4(年龄)×2(情绪)×3(重复转换条件:重复、短时转换、长时转换)3因素重复测量混合设计。结果表明,情绪状态对任务转换产生了影响,可能是积极情绪比消极情绪对任务定势的长时转换削弱更大。不同年龄的儿童在这两种任务转换条件中没有出现显著的年龄差异,说明8-12岁儿童均已具备在两个任务之间进行即时转换的能力。
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.