Who would study psychology if they didn't have some kind of problem?

Chapter 486 The Laboratory's Foundation
Chonghui felt that he was quite quick. He opened the door and checked the experimental equipment in about ten minutes.

In just ten minutes, the junior colleague had already become one of the members of the research group.

Weren't you all still studying when I left?

Shi Qian glanced at Chong Hui: "Was he like this before?"

This time, Chonghui couldn't say "you'll get used to it." He thought about it seriously for a while. In his memory, Nan Zhuren didn't pay much attention to socializing and focused more on his consulting work.

Even if there are interpersonal relationships, they are all built up little by little at work by the person who "carries the big shots," and usually it is others who take the initiative.

“He does make friends…quite easily.” Chonghui racked his brains, but could only come up with the case of Teacher Zhao from Jiangyi Middle School.

"However, well, in my memory, he made friends with girls quite easily; all he had to do was smile."

Shi Qianqian expressed that she understood this explanation.

Looking at Chonghui's expression, she naturally continued the sentence: "But you didn't see how skilled he is with men, did you?"

Chonghui nodded, feeling inexplicably jealous—when we first met, why didn't you chat and laugh with me like this?
After thinking for a moment, Chonghui cleared his throat and pushed the door open to go in: "Are you chatting?"

……

Nan Zhuren quickly followed Chonghui away.

The moment Chonghui stepped out of the office, he inexplicably felt that something about Nan Zhuren had changed.

Although they had a lively conversation in the office, Nan Zhuren didn't show any exaggerated expressions on his face. He just talked a bit too much and his reactions were a bit too clever.

At the same time, it demonstrates a kind of focus—similar to the focus one has when conducting psychological counseling.

Now, he felt that Nan Zhuren had relaxed a little.

Chonghui, who was very knowledgeable about psychological counseling and Nan Zhuren, felt that he seemed to have learned something.

Sure enough, the next second he heard Nan Zhuren ask, "Did the teacher not tell the senior who set the exam questions about adding the article title?"

Chonghui understood completely and nodded, saying, "It's not good to make promises in advance about something that's still far from being finalized."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "I'd say it's... a gradual improvement strategy."

The "gradual improvement strategy" is a specific information delivery strategy. Its core feature is the deliberate arrangement of the order in which information is presented, guiding the recipient through a psychological process of shifting from negative to positive emotions, thereby optimizing their final impression and evaluation of the overall communication content or the communicator.

In more colloquial terms, telling the bad news first, then the good news, feels better than telling the good news first, then the bad news.

Nan Zhuren nodded, indicating his understanding.

Chonghui also asked, "How did you end up having this conversation with them, sharing case studies? Their demeanor doesn't seem quite right either..."

Nan Zhuren nodded: "At the beginning, we shared case studies, and afterwards, we used the 'mistake effect'."

Among the factors influencing interpersonal attraction, **ability** is an important individual characteristic. Generally speaking, people prefer more capable individuals, but when an individual's ability exceeds a certain limit, people will tend to avoid or reject them, leading to a decline in interpersonal attraction.

The "mistake effect" refers to the phenomenon that highly capable individuals can actually increase their interpersonal attractiveness after making mistakes.

A very psychological exchange.

This topic was just a digression. Afterwards, Chonghui showed Nan Zhuren the theme of today's research group visit—the visit to the experimental equipment.

“Multimodal Behavior Observation and Analysis System.” Chonghui first patted a gray-black metal cabinet that was slightly taller than him, then pointed to several black camera arrays hanging on the ceiling. “It captures artificially coded behavioral events, including micro-expressions, from multiple angles, establishes a timeline for synchronous analysis, and outputs quantitative data such as intensity and duration.”

"It's practically the crown jewel of our research group. High-definition cameras, genuine software, analysis workstations, and so on..." Chonghui counted on two fingers, "It adds up to about this many."

Nan Zhuren showed an interested expression; it seemed that he could do the same things that this system could do.

I wonder if there's any difference in accuracy?
Next place.

"Multifunctional voiceprint analysis system and voice workstation." A slightly shorter main unit cabinet, a large LCD screen, a directional microphone, and some small instruments that Nan Zhuren couldn't understand, "comparing the formant patterns and prosodic features of speech, quantitatively analyzing the attenuation of consonant energy, and the fundamental frequency changes of voice under special emotional states."

“Recording the sound live will produce the best results. You can also use a pre-recorded audio file, but the quality will be slightly lower,” Chonghui said. “This one is a bit cheaper than the last one, about one-tenth the price. Qianqian has been using it a lot lately. She’s actually more skilled at this area, but she doesn’t have a deep understanding of facial micro-expressions.”

Nan Zhuren nodded. He could also analyze the connection between voice and emotion, though he wasn't as proficient as someone who could analyze micro-expressions.

“There’s also a multi-channel physiological recording system.” Chonghui pointed to a metal box with a display screen. Behind the box, some black plastic finger cots and patches were connected by wires. “It’s used to simultaneously collect, amplify, and quantify multiple physiological signals from the human body, including skin conductance, electromyography, electrocardiography, blood volume, pulse, and so on.”

"The price is about the same as the one that uses voiceprint scanning."

This touches on a knowledge gap for Nan Zhuren.

The three main instrument systems are designed to detect facial micro-expressions, voiceprints, and physiological changes, respectively.

“However, it seems that the teacher recently wants to set up a large laboratory, and wants to combine these three functions at once, even if the accuracy is a little lower,” Chonghui said.

"The rest are small items, like EEG devices and eye trackers, which cost tens of thousands of yuan and can be borrowed whenever needed. But for these larger systems, you need to submit a report and apply to use them," Chonghui said, then smiled. "Or, you can just ask me for the keys."

The senior brother watched as Nan Zhuren's expression changed. This young man, who usually seemed indifferent to everything, finally started to light up with his eyes.

It seems the teacher has successfully transplanted the external motivation that inspired his juniors to learn.

These instruments are beautiful and easy to use, but Nan Zhuren doesn't need them for the time being.

However, he was looking forward to it. Just as Bai Qinghua had promised before, with such a laboratory, Nan Zhuren would be able to better analyze and summarize his abilities and cases, organize them into research results, and finally try to popularize them.

It benefits more people from a broader perspective.

After visiting the laboratory, Nan Zhuren did not go to the research group.

He used his daytime hours in his dormitory to continue absorbing the cases he had obtained from the court, and then he would memorize them intensively after going to bed at night.

Over the weekend, the mock exam set by the lucky senior was released, and Nan Zhuren unsurprisingly got the ideal score.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Nan Zhuren will definitely pass the exam, because he discovered that the scope of the questions set by his lucky senior seemed to be based on his current learning progress.

on Monday.

"Hello, is this Teacher Nan?" Xia Tian called. "I've revised a few versions of the PPT. How's your case study preparation going? Come over and check it out with us?"

"In a couple of days we'll be heading to our first stop to do anti-fraud campaigning."

(End of this chapter)