scholarly journals Effect of Relationship Closeness on Group-Induced Choice Shifts Among Chinese Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Junsu Park ◽  
Do-Yeong Kim ◽  
Cheng Cheng ◽  
Dongju Lee
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Relationship Closeness ◽  
Prior Relationship

Using hypothetical choice-dilemma scenarios, we examined the effect of relationship closeness on group-induced choice shifts in a sample of Chinese college students. Previous studies, which have shown an aversion to risk among Chinese students, have overlooked prior relationship closeness. This study attempts to fill the gap in the research by taking this factor into account. The study found that students shifted their choice toward greater risks when placed in groups composed entirely of individuals with high levels of closeness in their relationships than when they were alone. The implications of the findings are discussed from a Chinese Guanxi cultural perspective. 

scholarly journals A Teaching Experiment of Chinese College Students’ English Idioms Comprehension

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (06) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Hui Chen ◽  
Xianze Wu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Teaching Experiment ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Simple Addition ◽  
Chinese Learners ◽  
Special Meaning

An English idiom is a special combination of words, the meaning of which is not the simple addition of its constituents but a special meaning. English idioms are widely used by English native speakers, which are very important for English as a second language learners. Chinese learners are poor in English idioms comprehension, and they need to adopt a new method for improving their English idioms comprehension. S-S-P-C model means analyzing an English idiom from syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, and cultural perspective, which was applied in a teaching experiment among college students for one semester. The teaching experiment shows that S-S-P-C model is an efficient method for Chinese learners to help improve their English idioms comprehension.

Culture and Importance of Backgrounds: A Cross-Cultural Study of Photograph Taking

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 603-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Chen Li ◽  
Adam Smithson ◽  
Ethan Spann ◽  
Fang Ruan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cultural Study ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Digital Cameras ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Intended Target ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
American Students ◽  
Individualistic Culture

To compare the focus on targeted people while taking a photograph, samples of American and Chinese college students were randomly selected and asked to take casual pictures of people around them with digital cameras. About 200 photographs were rated for the focus on the intended target in the picture. American students were more likely to focus on the targeted individual, while the Chinese students were more likely to attend to the background and the environment of the targeted individual. The findings imply that for the Chinese college students, the environment can be equally important as the person. Possibly for Americans the environment is less important due to the more individualistic culture.

scholarly journals comparison between freshmen and sophomores EFL writing of Chinese students from the perspective of pragmatic failures

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 86-92
Author(s):  
He Dan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Culture Learning ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Pragmatic Failure ◽  
Comparison And Analysis

This thesis is intended to probe into improve Chinese college students English writing from the perspective of pragmatic failure. T here is an experimental study with a questionnaire is analyzed to infer the students opinions and habits in English writing and culture learning and teaching. All the data and results of the research are analyzed to infer the causes of pragmatic failures in students English writing. The comparison and analysis between the two grades may show us to what extent these students improved and changed in their English writing in the two years

Scores on Loneliness of Chinese and American College Students

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolin Xie
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Extended Families ◽  
Three Generations ◽  
American Students

197 American college students going to school in Oklahoma and 91 Chinese college students going to school in China participated. Chinese students from extended families (families with three generations) reported less loneliness than those from nuclear famines. In the younger group (aged 18 to 20 yr.), Chinese students scored higher on loneliness than American students as did all freshman compared with all sophomore students. Significant interactions between nation and years in college and between nation and family structure (extended families vs nuclear families) were found within the same age group.

scholarly journals Research into the Usage of the Word “Otherwise” for Chinese College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1022
Author(s):  
Xiu Zeng
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
The Way

The word “otherwise” has long been viewed as a challenge to most Chinese college students, for it often changes in the way that it is used and understood. By taking a careful study of the word itself and the context where the word is used, this paper tries to explore the possible uses and interpretations of the word “otherwise” to help Chinese students better understand it in different contexts, and then to offer the suggested solutions to the improvement in the proper understanding and use of the word.

scholarly journals The Influence of Chinese Machiavellianism and Moral Identity on the Level of Anxiety in Moral Dilemma Situations in Chinese Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shujun Tang ◽  
Kai Li
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Moral Dilemma ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Complex Relationships ◽  
Good Deeds

Based on the conflict-of-values theory, this study examines the influences of Machiavellianism and ethical values on anxiety in college students when they face moral dilemmas. Questionnaires on the Chinese equivalent of Machiavellianism, moral identity, and anxiety were completed by 115 Chinese college students. The results suggest that Machiavellianism and ethical values influence anxiety, and the interaction between ethical values and Machiavellianism is significant—among individuals with high ethical values, those with high levels of Machiavellianism exhibit markedly higher levels of anxiety than those with low levels of Machiavellianism. However, among individuals with low ethical values, there is no difference in anxiety between those with low or high levels of Machiavellianism. This research, depicting complex relationships among anxiety, Machiavellianism, and ethical values, suggests that leading people to do good deeds not only requires high ethical values but also necessitates the resistance to negative values such as Machiavellianism.

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