Scientific Annals of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece VOLUME 4  INFORMATION SCIENTIFIC ANNALS  OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN GREECE ΙSBN 960-442-229-4 Edited annually by the Psychological Society of Northern Greece (PSNG) Volume 4, 2006 Legally responsible: Anastasia Efklides, President of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece. Tel: ++30-2310-997374. Fax: ++30-2310-997384. E-mail: efklides@psy.auth.gr  Executive Committee of PSNG: Anastasia Efklides George Grouios  Marios Goudas Anastasia Alevriadou Mary Kosmidis President Secretary Treasurer Member Member  Editors of the Scientific Annals of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece Editor-in-Chief: Anastasia Efklides Assistant Editors: Anastasia Alevriadou Associate Editors: George Grouios Filippos Vlachos   Symeon Vlachopoulos Panayiota Metallidou Fotini Bonoti George Panagis Dimitris Pnevmatikos   Editors of the 4th Volume: Filippos Vlachos Fotini Bonoti Panayiota Metallidou Irini Dermitzaki Anastasia Efklides University of Thessaly, Greece University of Thessaly, Greece University of Thessaly, Greece University of Thessaly, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Editorial Board Anastasia Efklides Shulamith Kreitler Angeliki Leontari Diomedes Markoulis Markku Niemivirta Jose M. Prieto Yannis Theodorakis Maria Tzouriadou Marja Vauras Marcel Veenman Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Tel-Aviv University, Israel University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Helsinki, Finland Complutense University, Madrid, Spain University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Turku, Finland University of Leiden, The Netherlands Publisher: ELLINIKA GRAMMATA: Emm. Benaki 59, 106 81 Athens, Greece Τel: ++30-210-3891800 - Fax: ++30-210-3836658 Bookstore: Zood. Pigis 21 & Tzavela 1, 106 81 Athens, Greece © Copyright 2006: Psychological Society of Northern Greece (PSNG) All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) for commercial purposes without the written permission of the copyright owners. 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Τόμος 4, 2006                                                                                               Volume 4, 2006 ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΗ ΕΠΕΤΗΡΙΔΑ  ΤΗΣ  ΨΥΧΟΛΟΓΙΚΗΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑΣ ΒΟΡΕΙΟΥ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ έτος ιδρύσεως 2002 SCIENTIFIC ANNALS OF THE  PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN GREECE founded 2002 ΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΝΗ ΣΥΜΠΕΡΙΦΟΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ  Επιμέλεια Σύνταξης και Έκδοσης:          Φίλιππος Βλάχος          Φωτεινή Μπονώτη          Παναγιώτα Μεταλλίδου          Ειρήνη Δερμιτζάκη          Αναστασία Ευκλείδη HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND EDUCATION Editors:         Filippos Vlachos         Fotini Bonoti         Panayiota Metallidou         Irini Dermitzaki         Anastasia Efklides ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ                                                                               ELLINIKA GRAMMATA Τόμος 4, 2006                                                                                                  Volume 4, 2006 CONTENTS Authors list .........................................................................................................................XI Reviewers list ....................................................................................................................XIII Preface          Anastasia Efklides ......................................................................................................XVI Prologue          Fotini Bonoti and Filippos Vlachos.................................................................................XVII The challenge of new technologies in teaching and learning          Wolfgang Schnotz..........................................................................................................1 The development of phonological awareness and its relation  to literacy acquisition          Athanasios Aidinis ........................................................................................................17 Phonological working memory involvement in new-word learning tasks:  An investigation among young children          Elvira Masoura, Susan E. Gathercole, and Zoe Bablekou......................................................43 Traditional and contemporary approaches of clinical diagnosis  and classification of dyslexia           Dimitris S. Nikolopoulos.................................................................................................67 Psychosocial support to students with learning disabilities:  University students' perceptions about the role of the teacher         Maro Doikou-Avlidou .....................................................................................................89 High-school students’ representations of democratic institutions:  Proposal for a didactic model of a conceptual domain         Theodora Cavoura ......................................................................................................119 Instructive and emotional dimensions of teaching:  Perceptions of prospective teachers          Nikos Chaniotakis and Maria Poulou.................................................................................141 The ‘‘Developmental Approach’’ and the ‘‘Difference Approach’’  to mental retardation: Their presentation and evaluation          Anastasia Alevriadou....................................................................................................174 Investigation of the productive language complexity in children  with mental retardation and typical development         Panayiota Stavroussi and Anastasia Efklides.....................................................................197 Biopsychology: The link between psychology and neurosciences         Andreas Kastellakis......................................................................................................223 Emotion perception in patients with schizophrenia and with bipolar  disorder: Application of a neurobiological model         Mary H. Kosmidis....... ................................................................................................245 The cerebellum’s role in reading and dyslexia         Filippos Vlachos .........................................................................................................263 Children and bereavement         Angeliki Leondari ........................................................................................................283