Study on time-related changes in human behavior

Research Project

Project/Area Number	62301017
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Psychology
Research Institution	Tokyo Metropolitan University
Principal Investigator	TAKUMA Taketoshi Tokyo Metropolitan University, Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (90086934)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	TANAKA Hirayatu Tokyo Metropolitan University, Assistant, 人文学部, 助手 (30083215) SUDA Osamu Tokyo Metropolitan University, Assistant Professor, 人文学部, 助教授 (50132098) SHINOHARA Syoichi Tokyo Metropolitan University, Assistant Professor, 人文学部, 助教授 (40094271) KATO Noriaki Tokyo Metropolitan University, Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (70046043) MASUYAMA Eitaro Tokyo Metropolitan University, Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (80086933)
Project Period (FY)	1987 – 1988
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1988)
Budget Amount *help	¥7,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,500,000) Fiscal Year 1988: ¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000) Fiscal Year 1987: ¥4,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000)
Keywords	visual illusion / personal construct / 奄美大島 / 追従動作 / しつけの歴史的変化 / 青年期の自我発達
Research Abstract	Research conducted in 1987 academic year was threehold :experimental psychology, developmental psychology, and social psychology. 1. < Experimental Psychology > Six themes, diverse yet all relevant to timeseries problems were investigated: 1) if visual illusion decreases with prolonged inspection; 2) how we learn time-series data with location information as a clue; 3) if repetition effect corresponds to learning effect in time judgment; 4) how we learn to track combination of sine waves; 5) if prolonged practice in Japanese fencing affects hearing difficulties; 6) if the buildup of rhythmic behaviors on the side of a comedian induces roars of laughter on the side of audience. 2. < Developmental psychology > Two themes, both related to late adolescence, were investigated: 1) how one's cognitive framework to perceive others, "personal constructs", change with development; 2) how enervation tendency in the students changes in the 3 years of school life. 3. < Social psychology > Survey research on lifestyle, culture, and social consciousness was conducted on the people of Amami island. The results of the survey were critically compared to those of the similar survey conducted in the same island 30 years ago. Interview research was also conducted with the subjects being intellectuals of the island, policemen, and junior provation officials. the research leucidates how those who have played leading roles in the island define island development within these 30 years and what the changes in the patterns of juvenile delinquancy reveal about changes in lifestyle, culture, and social consciousness of the young people.