Popular Psychology

1982年创刊, 月刊
主管单位：中华人民共和国教育部
主办单位：华东师范大学
编辑单位：《大众心理学》编辑部
出版单位：华东师范大学出版社有限公司
主　　编：庞维国
国际标准连续出版物号：ISSN 1004-6100
国内统一连续出版物号：CN 31-1228/G3
邮发代号：国内 4-469　国际 BM6439

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10 August 2025, Volume 32 Issue 8

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Mental Set: The Brain's Efficient Mode and Innovation Shackles

Zhang Yanna

2025, 32(8): 2-3.

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This article explores the phenomenon of mental set and its impact on innovation from a psychological perspective. The article introduces the topic with common examples from daily life, and uses Luchins' classic water jar experiment to elaborate on the formation mechanism of mental set, revealing the pattern of how the brain forms habitual thinking after repeatedly using certain solutions. The author analyzes the dual nature of mental set: in repetitive situations, it functions like a cognitive highway that improves processing efficiency; however, in situations requiring innovation, it becomes an invisible shackle that hinders breakthroughs. The article explains the underlying reasons why mental set impedes innovation from two perspectives: the constraining effect of dominant knowledge and the brain's tendency toward "laziness," supported by neuroscientific research findings on its neural mechanisms. Finally, the article proposes two practical pathways for breaking through mental set: constructing a flattened knowledge network through interdisciplinary learning, and expanding thinking perspectives through multi-angle cognitive training and role-playing, providing readers with specific and feasible methods for cultivating innovative thinking.
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How to build an effective peer supervision group?

Tian Ruiqi, Wang Erdong, Yan Wenhua, Yang Xinguo

2025, 32(8): 4-5.

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This article introduces how to construct an effective supervision group by showcasing the internal discussion process of a peer supervision group that has been established for six and a half years. Using the group's actual discussion on "group goals and process review" as an example, the article presents how five members from different universities, each with over ten years of supervision experience, engage in in-depth exchanges regarding the group's development direction. The discussion covers topics such as incorporating journal contributions and academic conference participation into regular activities, adopting a combined top-down and bottom-up working approach, maintaining multicultural characteristics, and also reveals different viewpoints and heated debates among members regarding the positioning of supervision versus supervision of supervision. Based on this case, the article summarizes five key elements that constitute an effective supervision group: team trust and cohesion, reflective practice and continuous improvement, a working approach that combines macro and micro perspectives, stable supervision settings with ongoing discussion, and a balance between flexible adjustment and efficient execution. The article aims to provide practical reference and guidance for readers interested in establishing peer supervision groups.
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Embracing Your Authentic Self Through Drawing

Wang Jinhui

2025, 32(8): 6-7.

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This article introduces the application of art therapy techniques in self-awareness and psychological healing through the author's personal experience. The author participated in an art therapy training program and gradually explored their inner world through three drawing activities: name doodling, animal self-portraits, and ideal character drawing. Through name doodling, the author discovered their state of being constrained by rigid frameworks; the evolution of animal self-portraits (from hedgehog to cat) reflected their psychological growth journey; while drawing the Powerpuff Girls embodied their desire for an ideal self. The article points out that art therapy techniques possess characteristics of universality, therapeutic value, and the ability to transcend psychological defenses, enabling participants to bypass their psychological defense mechanisms and express genuine thoughts and emotions in an unconscious state. The author believes this technique holds significant value in mental health education, helping people, particularly children, express inner feelings that are difficult to articulate, and through sharing and reflection processes, better understand themselves and gain inner resources and hope.
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Bypassing Defense Mechanisms Through Drawing

Yan Wenhua

2025, 32(8): 7.

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This article demonstrates how drawing can help people bypass psychological defense mechanisms and approach their authentic inner selves by analyzing three artworks created by a participant. The first piece, a name doodle, reflects the artist's real adult state, with horizontal and vertical lines revealing their methodical thinking patterns and feelings of being constrained by social rules. The second animal self-portrait touches on themes of grief and farewell, where the artist expresses aspirations for ideal qualities through the image of a deceased pet cat, transforming sadness into endless longing. The third drawing of the Powerpuff Girls presents the childhood authentic self and desires for strength, courage, and friendship. The article notes that these three drawings correspond respectively to the adult real self, the ideal self in relation to the family of origin, and the childhood authentic self. Based on years of expressive arts therapy experience, the article emphasizes that many Chinese adults are not skilled at expressing their inner needs, often burying their needs deep within, and this suppression may trigger crises at various life stages. Through drawing techniques, people can identify and accept their genuine needs, thereby achieving self-acceptance and psychological growth.
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The Safe Harbor of Family: Helping Children with Separation and Growth

Guo Renlong, Wang Yuting, Feng Huixu

2025, 32(8): 8-10.

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This article explores psychological health issues during the separation-individualization process of college students through the case of an 18-year-old university student, Xiaoyu, who experienced somatic symptoms such as headaches and chest tightness. The article first analyzes the manifestations, causes, and treatment methods of somatic symptom disorders from a medical perspective, pointing out that when psychological problems are difficult to express verbally, the body conveys painful information through somatic symptoms. It then focuses on elaborating the psychological concept of separation-individualization, which is the psychological development process of individuals moving from dependence to independence. The article emphasizes that separation-individualization does not mean distancing oneself from family, but rather achieving psychological independence while maintaining family connections. For both parents and children, the article provides specific practical suggestions: parents need to learn to let go and become themselves while providing emotional support rather than excessive intervention; children need to learn to refuse gently but firmly and maintain comfortable contact with their parents. The article argues that only through a healthy separation-individualization process can college students reduce somatic symptoms, improve psychological health levels, and truly grow into independent individuals.
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Empty Chair Dialogue and Digital Guardian: A Dual Pathways of Depression Intervention for Middle School Students

Zhang Yuqing

2025, 32(8): 11-12.

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This article centers on the depression intervention case of a middle school student named Xiaoxin, exploring a youth mental health intervention model that combines traditional psychological counseling with digital technology. Xiaoxin experienced negative fantasies and self-harm impulses due to moderate depression symptoms, and through the "empty chair dialogue" technique from Gestalt therapy, she learned to externalize negative emotions and rediscover her self-worth. The article analyzes the multiple causes of adolescent depression, including information overload and virtual identity anxiety specific to the digital age, as well as traditional influencing factors such as family environment, school support, and peer relationships. In terms of intervention strategies, the article proposes an "online + offline" integrated model that uses digital tools such as AI emotional counseling and electronic psychological records to break through the temporal and spatial limitations of traditional psychological counseling, providing more comprehensive mental health support for adolescents. This approach, which combines the warmth of traditional psychological counseling with modern technological means, offers new insights for building a three-dimensional youth mental health protection network.
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The Unrecognized Daughter

Cheng Guoping

2025, 32(8): 13-14.

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adolescent mental health through a real psychological counseling case. The high school student Xiaomei in the case developed self-harm behaviors and severe self-worth deficits due to long-term lack of recognition and emotional response from her mother. Although the mother cared about her daughter, her misguided educational philosophy—believing that one should not confide inner troubles to outsiders, that everything should be handled independently, and never giving positive affirmation to the child—led to estrangement in the parent-child relationship. Through in-depth analysis, the psychological counselor discovered that this "learned helplessness" educational model seriously damaged the child's self-confidence and sense of security. After counseling intervention, the mother became aware of the problem and began to actively change her communication approach, increasing physical contact and emotional expression, ultimately helping her daughter rebuild confidence. This case demonstrates that even excellent children need recognition and encouragement from significant others, and that family emotional support is indispensable psychological nourishment for healthy adolescent development.
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Building Bridges in Psychological Counseling: Exploring Pathways to Establish Effective Working Alliances with Parents

Huang Yan

2025, 32(8): 15-16.

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As children and adolescents' mental health issues become increasingly prominent, how to effectively integrate family resources in psychological counseling has become a key concern. This article explores from a practical perspective the importance and specific methods of establishing working alliances with parents in child and adolescent psychological counseling. The article points out that since children and adolescents often lack the initiative to seek help, and parents' cognitive attitudes directly affect counseling outcomes, effective cooperation with parents is particularly important. The author proposes five core strategies: strictly adhering to professional counseling settings, clarifying counseling goals that prioritize children's needs, establishing regular communication mechanisms, conducting targeted family education guidance, and appropriately handling parents' anxiety and expectations. Through multiple real case analyses, the article demonstrates how these strategies help improve parent-child relationships, alleviate family tensions, and ultimately promote effective resolution of children's psychological problems in practical applications. The article emphasizes that parents, as an important support system for children, their participation and cooperation are key factors in ensuring successful psychological counseling.
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“Seven Dimensions” Exploring Effective Models of Mental Health Education in Schools

Lei Xueyuan, Pan Lehui

2025, 32(8): 17-18.

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This article explores effective models of mental health education in schools, proposing a "Seven Dimensions" exploration framework aimed at promoting students' physical and mental well-being and comprehensive development. It first emphasizes the importance of teacher and student participation by establishing an organizational system of "school teams + class teams" to focus on students at psychological risk. Next, it introduces a dynamic monitoring mechanism through a three-level grid inspection system to promptly identify changes in students' mental health and implement categorized interventions. Additionally, the article details the crisis assessment and intervention processes to ensure that teachers can quickly respond to potential psychological crises. In terms of classroom instruction, the school incorporates mental health courses into the curriculum, providing diverse support. The school also establishes a mental health education center and a worry-relief platform to encourage students to express their concerns and emotions, fostering peer support. Through a variety of mental health activities and external collaboration, the article integrates social resources to enhance the effectiveness of mental health education, ultimately forming a collective effort to support students' mental health development.
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Cognitive Construction and Psychological Adjustment: Reflections on Creating Authentic Situations in High School Ideological and Political Education Classes

Yuan Mengli

2025, 32(8): 19-20.

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This article explores the importance of creating authentic situations in high school ideological and political education to promote students' cognitive construction and psychological adjustment. It points out that students generally have a resistance to artificial situations, leading to cognitive disconnection and insufficient emotional resonance. To address this, the article proposes situational design principles based on constructivism and Gagné's information processing theory, emphasizing the authenticity and systematic nature of situations. By employing strategies such as situational anchoring, tiered question design, and psychological scaffolding, the aim is to guide students from perceptual cognition to rational analysis, ultimately achieving the internalization of values. Additionally, the article discusses strategies for emotional resonance and psychological transfer, highlighting the need to focus on students' psychological development patterns in teaching to enhance learning outcomes. Through these methods, teachers can more effectively support students' psychological growth and facilitate the transformation from knowledge acquisition to psychological recognition.
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An Initial Exploration of New Quality Productivity Improvement Paths from a Psychological Perspective

Zhang Yiming, Zheng Siqi

2025, 32(8): 21-22.

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This article explores the application of psychology in enhancing new quality productivity, emphasizing that in the digital age, the core of productivity has shifted towards knowledge and innovation. It analyzes improvement paths in the fields of education, technology, and talent, proposing methods such as optimizing the teaching environment, stimulating intrinsic motivation, improving the innovation atmosphere, strengthening team psychological support, and cultivating emotional intelligence to promote individual and collective innovation capabilities. In the education sector, focusing on students' psychological needs and personalized teaching can enhance learning outcomes; in the technology sector, creating an inclusive innovation environment and providing psychological support can help stimulate team creativity; in talent management, motivating individuals and cultivating emotional intelligence are key to improving job satisfaction and teamwork. Overall, psychology provides important perspectives and practical guidance for understanding and enhancing human behavior and innovation capabilities.
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What is the so-called "rationality"?

Qiu Tian, Lu Jingyi

2025, 32(8): 23-24.

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This article explores the multidimensional concept of rationality and its impact on society. Rationality is widely understood as the ability to resist emotions and rely on reasoning and thought, a perspective known as "naive rationality." Those who pursue naive rationality tend to focus on objective facts, making decisions based on data and analysis, and are better at controlling their desires. However, this pursuit can also lead to a cold demeanor in social interactions, making it difficult to gain support from others. Additionally, people often believe they are more rational than others, a self-enhancing tendency that is, in fact, an illusion. While rationality plays an important role in decision-making, overly emphasizing it at the expense of emotions can have negative consequences. Ultimately, true wisdom lies in the coordination of rationality and emotion, as balancing both can help better navigate the challenges of life.
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Multitasking is Not a Sin: Scientific Pairing to Increase Efficiency

Lin Leizheng, Liu Jianrong

2025, 32(8): 25-26.

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This article explores the phenomenon of "multitasking" in modern life and reveals the psychological principles behind it. With the advancement of technology and the acceleration of life pace, more and more people face the challenge of multitasking in their daily lives. The article points out that although traditional views hold that multitasking can impair cognitive ability, recent research indicates that the key lies in the scientific combination of task types and individual traits. By reasonably combining tasks, efficiency can be improved, especially when low-intensity tasks are paired with creative activities. Additionally, the article emphasizes the impact of working memory capacity on task completion methods and suggests enhancing self-efficacy through result-oriented motivation rather than process anxiety. While multitasking can have positive effects in certain situations, caution should be exercised in tasks that require high levels of concentration. In summary, this article offers practical advice to help readers manage their time and tasks more effectively in a fast-paced life, making it a worthwhile read.
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Embrace Change and Be a Happy Striver — A Message to You, Freshman

Wang Qian

2025, 32(8): 27-28.

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This article explores the changes and challenges that college freshmen face when adapting to a new environment, emphasizing the importance of personal growth and self-development. Upon entering university, students need to adjust to a role transition and confront changes in their environment, learning methods, and interpersonal relationships. The article points out that actively responding to these changes can foster self-growth and develop self-discipline, independence, and social skills. Additionally, the theory of psychologist Erikson is referenced, highlighting that the university stage is crucial for establishing self-identity and developing intimate relationships, and how one responds to crises is vital for mental health. The author notes that happiness stems from inner awareness and guides students to reflect on their happiness index and worries through simple activities. Finally, the article suggests enhancing time management and setting reasonable goals to promote personal development, encouraging freshmen to embrace change and strive to realize their self-worth.
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"Chinese Dream Core": Self-Healing in the Nostalgia Wave of Generation Z

She Yunfeng

2025, 32(8): 28-29.

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This article explores the phenomenon of "Chinese Dream Core" and its impact on Generation Z, analyzing the psychological needs behind this nostalgia wave. It begins by explaining the concept of "Chinese Dream Core," emphasizing how it evokes beautiful memories of the past through surrealist aesthetics and liminal spaces. The article then discusses how nostalgic emotions help Generation Z seek psychological comfort when facing real-world pressures, enhancing self-continuity and meaning in life. Additionally, it highlights the importance of collective memory and identity recognition among Generation Z in this phenomenon, emphasizing the role of social media in promoting group identity and emotional support. Finally, the article reminds readers of the dual nature of nostalgic emotions, urging participants to maintain moderation in nostalgia for better self-healing and psychological balance.
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The Psychological Roots of 'Fragile Children': How Overprotection Weakens Resilience

Chen Jiamin

2025, 32(8): 30-31.

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This article explores the phenomenon of "fragile children" and its psychological roots, analyzing how overprotection weakens children's resilience. It points out that parents' excessive protection, stemming from love, may actually deprive children of opportunities for independent growth, leading them to exhibit fragility and helplessness when facing setbacks. Through methods like substituting growth, emotional filtering, and psychological control, overprotection limits children's ability development and emotional cognition, creating a vicious cycle of low frustration tolerance and avoidance behavior. To address this issue, the article suggests that parents should change their educational philosophy from being "omnipotent protectors" to "growth supporters," encouraging children to experience setbacks in a safe environment and fostering their emotional management skills and decision-making abilities to enhance their psychological resilience and self-efficacy.
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"I Don't Have a Bad Memory" — Parents Supporting the Development of Children's Autobiographical Memory

Hu Dongmei

2025, 32(8): 32-33.

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This article explores the phenomenon of young children "not remembering" past events and the scientific principles behind it. The article points out that childhood amnesia is a natural phenomenon in the process of brain neural development, while the development of autobiographical memory plays an important role in children's self-cognition, emotional regulation, and social skills. Research shows that factors such as language ability, parents' recall methods, attachment relationships, and emotional experiences all affect the formation of children's autobiographical memory. From a practical perspective, the article provides four specific strategies for parents: using open-ended questions and the "5W1H" framework for detailed conversations, enriching children's language environment through reading and daily communication, establishing secure attachment relationships and providing positive emotional support, and using photos and works to create growth archives to help children recall. The article emphasizes the key role of parents in children's memory development and suggests flexibly applying these methods according to each child's individual differences to promote the improvement of children's memory abilities in a relaxed atmosphere.
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Analysis of the Application of Personification in Children's Literature from the Perspective of Animism

Guo Liyue

2025, 32(8): 34-35.

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This article explores the application principles and practical methods of personification in children's literature from a psychological perspective. The article points out that young children generally possess animistic thinking characteristics, that is, they tend to believe that non-living objects also have life and psychological activities. This cognitive feature stems from the egocentric tendencies of children in the preoperational stage and their cognitive style dominated by representational thinking. Based on this psychological developmental pattern, personification has natural compatibility in children's literature and can effectively promote children's understanding and acceptance of literary works. From a practical perspective, the article proposes three application methods: integrating educational goals through personified character settings, explaining natural phenomena in personified ways to promote scientific thinking development, and providing positive guidance for fearful objects to establish positive imagination. At the same time, the article also emphasizes issues that need attention when applying personification techniques, including avoiding inappropriate personification that leads to cognitive bias, maintaining narrative logical consistency, and avoiding using animism to shirk educational responsibility, providing scientific theoretical guidance and practical suggestions for children's literature creation.
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Jealousy also has "good" and "bad" distinctions

Feng Zhiyuan

2025, 32(8): 36-37.

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This article re-examines the complex emotion of jealousy from a psychological perspective, pointing out that jealousy is not simply a negative emotion, but can be divided into two types: malicious jealousy and benign jealousy. The article explains the essential differences between the two types of jealousy: malicious jealousy contains hostility and resentment, prompting individuals to engage in destructive behaviors to "pull down" comparison targets; while benign jealousy contains admiration and self-improvement motivation, which can inspire people to make greater efforts to achieve self-improvement. The article analyzes the formation mechanism of benign and malicious jealousy, arguing that individuals' evaluation of the "deservingness" of others' achievements and their judgment of "control" over changing their current situation are key factors. "Undeserved" evaluation combined with low control leads to malicious jealousy, while "deserved" evaluation paired with high control generates benign jealousy. Finally, the article provides practical methods for transforming jealousy into positive force, including using cognitive restructuring techniques, setting mastery goals, creating positive interactions and other strategies to help readers transform jealous emotions into motivation for self-improvement.
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Psychological Stand-up Comedy: A "Comedy Prescription" for Promoting Post-Traumatic Growth

Wu Min, Chen Guanghui

2025, 32(8): 37-38.

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This article explores the combination of stand-up comedy and psychological trauma treatment, proposing the concept of "psychological stand-up comedy" as a "comedy prescription" for promoting post-traumatic growth. The article points out that psychological trauma is universally prevalent globally, with approximately 70% of people experiencing at least one traumatic event in their lifetime, with the key being how to achieve post-traumatic growth. Psychological stand-up comedy provides performers with an outlet for self-expression through humorous trauma narratives, helping them reshape painful memories while allowing audiences to find healing opportunities through resonance. This comedic form creates a unique "comedic safe space" that reconstructs cognitive schemas through humor, activates relevant neural pathways in the brain, and transforms traumatic memories. However, the article also warns of potential risks of this "comedy prescription," including the commercialization of trauma and emotional numbing caused by excessive humor. The article emphasizes the need to establish relevant ethical frameworks, use this method scientifically, maintain appropriate humor boundaries, avoid secondary harm, and truly achieve bidirectional psychological healing and post-traumatic growth.
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Why do women like to collect cups?

Lu Shi, Zhao Hongrui

2025, 32(8): 39-40.

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This article explores the deep psychological mechanisms behind the daily phenomenon of women collecting cups from a psychological perspective. The article employs multiple psychological theoretical viewpoints for analysis: from a psychoanalytic angle, cups symbolize maternal containers and psychological boundaries, satisfying women's need for warmth and acceptance; from an evolutionary psychology perspective, collecting cups reflects women's nurturing instincts and resource storage tendencies, while also serving as value signals to display mate value; from a consumer psychology angle, cups become carriers of symbolic consumption, helping women construct self-identity and ideal images; from an aesthetic psychology perspective, exquisite cups can trigger visual pleasure and carry emotional projections; from a gender psychology angle, cups are associated with traditional maternal roles, providing women with pathways for role expression and self-healing. The article argues that women's behavior of collecting cups actually satisfies multi-layered psychological needs including security, value, identity, pleasure, and ritual sense, demonstrating how everyday objects transcend their practical functions to become psychologically significant symbolic carriers.
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The Negative Impact of DeepSeek on Primary School Students' Psychological Development and Optimization Strategies

Chen Jialin, Jia Siyu

2025, 32(8): 41-42.

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This article explores the potential negative impacts of the artificial intelligence tool DeepSeek on the psychological development of elementary school students and corresponding optimization strategies. The article points out that DeepSeek, with its efficient problem-solving and homework assistance functions, has become a new tool in the educational field. However, elementary school students are in a sensitive period of psychological development, and over-reliance on AI tools may trigger multiple psychological problems. In terms of cognitive function, students may develop mental laziness and weaken their independent analysis and reasoning abilities; in terms of emotional regulation, over-dependence may lead to withdrawal symptoms and learning anxiety; in terms of social development, it may reduce real interpersonal communication and lead to social withdrawal. In response to these problems, the article proposes a three-dimensional optimization path: enterprises should establish graded management and child-friendly functions, the government needs to improve legislative supervision and technical regulatory systems, and schools and parents should upgrade their educational concepts by balancing the use of AI tools through home-school collaboration and enriching offline activities, helping elementary school students establish healthy AI usage patterns.
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Bouba-Kiki Effect: Give It a Good Name, and Products Sell Better

Chen Xueping, Li OuLu Shi

2025, 32(8): 43-44.

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This article explores the significant impact of brand naming on consumer psychological perception, starting from the famous Bouba-Kiki effect. The article first introduces the Bouba-Kiki effect, a psychological phenomenon where people tend to associate rounded shapes with "Bouba"-like words and sharp shapes with "Kiki"-like words. This cross-modal interaction stems from the similarity between mouth shape changes during pronunciation and visual forms. Based on this principle, the article analyzes how brands can convey specific tonalities through their names: using back vowels to create a gentle image and front vowels to embody strength. The article also explores the psychological mechanism behind reduplicative brand names, pointing out that reduplication triggers people's baby schema, making brands appear more approachable and cute, which explains why internet brands like QQ and DingTalk favor reduplicative naming. Finally, the article analyzes the phenomenon of domestic brands adopting foreign names, revealing the mechanism of the country-of-origin effect, where consumers' stereotypical impressions of product quality from specific countries influence purchasing decisions. The entire article explains the scientific basis of brand naming through psychological principles.
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Zhang Jingyue: An Innovator of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prenatal Education Thought

Teng Jiaxiu, Wei Ying, Dong Da

2025, 32(8): 45-46.

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This article introduces the innovative contributions of Zhang Jingyue, a famous physician of the Ming Dynasty, in the aspect of traditional Chinese medicine prenatal education thought. Zhang Jingyue (1563-1640) was one of the three great physicians of the Ming Dynasty, renowned for his unique "warming and tonifying theory." The article elaborates in detail on the prenatal education theoretical system proposed by Zhang Jingyue in "The Complete Works of Jingyue: Women's Regulations," which mainly includes three core viewpoints: emphasizing the concept of "prudent beginning and rectifying the foundation" in pre-pregnancy preparation, requiring both spouses to cultivate their physical and mental health before pregnancy to ensure the innate constitution of their offspring; attaching importance to the thought of "coordinated balance" in pregnancy healthcare, advocating that pregnant women maintain the balance of yin and yang and harmonious qi and blood; as well as the innovative "external manifestation and internal sensation" prenatal education method, believing that pregnant women's words and actions and external environment would influence fetal development through internal sensation. The article points out that Zhang Jingyue creatively applied the "treating未disease" thought from "The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine" to fetal development, and his prenatal education theory not only has profound traditional Chinese medicine theoretical foundation, but also provides important theoretical basis for modern eugenics and prenatal education practice, embodying the essence of traditional Chinese medicine's holistic concept and syndrome differentiation and treatment.
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Going Mad for Oneself—Reflections on Reading 'Women and Madness

Zheng Shiyan

2025, 32(8): 47-48.

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This article explores the survival predicament and mental state of women in patriarchal society through an interpretation of the American feminist classic "Women and Madness." The article introduces how the book's author, Phyllis Chesler, exposed the phenomenon of American women being arbitrarily sent to psychiatric hospitals in the 20th century, pointing out that many women were not truly mentally ill but were labeled as "mad" for not conforming to traditional female role expectations. The author combines recent films reflecting women's circumstances, "The Decision to Leave" and "Kim Ji-young, Born 1982," to analyze the similar predicament that contemporary women still face—being confined to the role of housewife and lacking freedom and choice. The article argues that women's "madness" is actually a rebellion against oppressive environments and an expression of seeking freedom. The real solution is not simply medication or psychological intervention, but changes in social systems and the protection of women's rights. The article finally emphasizes that what women need are basic rights such as freedom, justice, independence, and education, and that promoting social progress is the essential spirit of feminism.

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