Influence of geography major studies on university students’ human-environment coordination concept using Implicit Association Test
Received date: 2025-01-03
Revised date: 2025-02-14
Online published: 2025-06-24
Supported by
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province for Distinguished Young Scholar(2022B1515020087)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(42430515)
Guangdong Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project(GD24CJY02)
Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (Institute)(2023A03J0063)
Hunan Provincial Basic Education Teaching Reform Research Project(Y2024947)
Guangdong Rural Regional System Field Scientific Observation and Research Station(2021B1212050026)
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The ‘International Charter on Geography Education’ explicitly states that helping students understand human-environment relationships is crucial for sustainable development education. Among these, the human-environment coordination concept, as a fundamental value in geography, is a key objective in the development of core competencies at the higher education level. However, current research on the assessment of human-environment coordination concept mainly focuses on basic geography education and predominantly utilizes explicit measurement methods such as paper-and-pencil tests or questionnaires. This study first uses literature analysis and the Delphi method to collect and design vocabulary for the experiment, followed by the use of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and survey methods to measure university students’ implicit and explicit attitudes towards human-environment coordination concept. Finally, interviews are conducted to triangulate the evaluation results. The participants were third- and fourth-year undergraduate students from both geography and non-geography majors at a comprehensive university in China. The results show: 1) Both the IAT effect values and explicit measurement scores of students are relatively high, reflecting a generally positive recognition of human-environment coordination concept; 2) Geography students exhibit significantly higher IAT effects than non-geography students, indicating a notable difference in implicit connection strength; 3) Geography students’ response times in both compatible and incompatible tasks are significantly longer than those of non-geography students; 4) A dissociation effect is observed between implicit and explicit recognition of human-environment coordination concept, validating the effectiveness and value of the IAT as a tool for measuring human-environment coordination. These findings not only verify the positive role of geography in cultivating college students’ human-environment coordination concept, but provide dual-perspective measurement evidence of explicit attitude and implicit attitude for geography education reform and offer practical insights for enhancing university students’ core competencies.
Yuan Zhenjie , He Jun’an , Yang Liguo . Influence of geography major studies on university students’ human-environment coordination concept using Implicit Association Test[J]. GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE, 2025 , 45(6) : 1193 -1205 . DOI: 10.13249/j.cnki.sgs.20250001
表1 被试者基本信息Table 1 Basic information of subjects |
| 性别/人 | 城市户籍/人 | 农村户籍/人 | 占比/% | |
| 地理专业 | 男:14 | 7 | 7 | 22.6 |
| 女:18 | 8 | 10 | 29.0 | |
| 非地理专业 | 男:15 | 7 | 8 | 24.2 |
| 女:15 | 6 | 9 | 24.2 |
表2 内隐联想测验概念词与属性词列表Table 2 List of conceptual words and attribute words in Implicit Association Test |
| 内容 | 词条 | |
| 概念词 | 自我词 | 我、我的、我们、我们的、自己、自己的、本人、本人的、本地、本地的 |
| 非我词 | 他、他的、他们、他们的、别人、别人的、他人、他人的、外地、外地的 | |
| 属性词 | 正向词 | 可持续发展、人地共存、循环利用、物种多样、生态平衡、尊重规律、天人合一、绿色发展、 因地制宜、和谐共生 |
| 负向词 | 人地冲突、乱砍滥伐、土地盐碱化、物种灭绝、过度捕捞、环境污染、不可持续、水土流失、 生态破坏、多样性减少 | |
表3 内隐联想测验程序设计Table 3 Implicit Association Test procedures design |
| 阶段 | 任务描述 | 按F键 | 按J键 | 试次/次 |
| 1 | 初始概念词辨别 | 自我词 | 非我词 | 40 |
| 2 | 联想属性词辨别 | 人地协调的正向词 | 人地协调的负向词 | 40 |
| 3 | 相容联合辨别(练习) | 正向词+自我词 | 负向词+非我词 | 40 |
| 4 | 相容联合辨别(正式) | 正向词+自我词 | 负向词+非我词 | 160 |
| 5 | 相反属性词辨别 | 人地协调的负向词 | 人地协调的正向词 | 40 |
| 6 | 不相容联合辨别(练习) | 负向词+自我词 | 正向词+非我词 | 40 |
| 7 | 不相容联合辨别(正式) | 负向词+自我词 | 正向词+非我词 | 160 |
4 Descriptive statistics and single factor analysis of variance for Implicit Association Test (D)IAT效应(D)的描述性统计及单因素方差分析 |
| 变量 | Dmean | SD | df | 均方差 | F | P | |
| 性别 | 男 | 0.607 | 0.220 | 1 | 0.026 | 0.507 | 0.479 |
| 女 | 0.649 | 0.235 | |||||
| 户籍 | 城市 | 0.625 | 0.246 | 1 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.945 |
| 农村 | 0.629 | 0.212 | |||||
| 专业 | 地理 | 0.687 | 0.192 | 1 | 0.222 | 4.591 | 0.036 |
| 非地理 | 0.566 | 0.243 | |||||
表5 反应时数据的重复测量方差分析Table 5 Repeated measures analysis of variance on reaction time data |
| 变量 | df | 均方差 | F | P | |
| 任务 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.176 | ||
| 专业 | 1 | 133.568 | 0.000 | 0.014 | |
| 任务×专业 | 1 | 56.955 | 0.000 | 0.006 |
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