Warren Thorngate
Biographic Data
| ID | 179235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Warren Thorngate |
| GIVEN NAMES | Warren |
| FAMILY NAME | Thorngate |
| SIGNATURE | THORNGATE W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Tempest in a teacup: Pandemic resilience in a Canadian small town
Problems and solutions: An ecological view
Heads and Hearts: Three Methods for Explicating Judgment and Decision Processes
Agent-based models are more likely to generate accurate outputs if they incorporate valid representations of human agents than if they don't. The present article outlines three research methodologies commonly used for explicating the cognitive processes and motivational orientations of human judgment and decision making: policy capturing, information seeking, and social choice. Examples are given to demonstrate how each methodology might be emplo…
Measuring Simulation-Observation Fit: An Introduction to Ordinal Pattern Analysis
Most traditional strategies of assessing the fit between a simulation's set of predictions (outputs) and a set of relevant observations rely either on visual inspection or squared distances among averages. Here we introduce an alternative goodness-of-fit strategy, Ordinal Pattern Analysis (OPA) that will (we argue) be more appropriate for judging the goodness-of-fit of simulations in many situations. OPA is based on matches and mismatches among t…
The Competition for Attention and the Evolution of Science
Whenever the amount of information produced exceeds the amount of attention available to consume it, a competition for attention is born. The competition is increasingly fierce in science where the exponential growth of information has forced its producers, consumers and gatekeepers to become increasingly selective in what they attend to and what they ignore. Paradoxically, as the criteria of selection among authors, editors and readers of scient…
Changing Stereotypes in Iran and Canada Using Computer Mediated Communication
As part of a university course activity, one group of Canadian and one group of Iranian students were randomly partnered to exchange e-mail messages via the Internet for seven weeks. Before beginning their correspondence, all students completed a questionnaire measuring their stereotypes, attitudes, and knowledge about the people and culture of their prospective e-pals. Students from both countries then exchanged messages and photos. In addition,…
The Seductive Danger of Visual Metaphors: It's About Time
Two articles in this journal (Rudolph, 2006; Yamada & Kato, 2006) courageously attempt to consider new ways to conceive of time in relation to human development, presenting several visual metaphors to make their case. I explore some of the confounds of these metaphors, and suggest why practical research techniques and examples derived from the metaphors are needed as demonstrations of their utility
Reducing Anxiety and Resistance in Policy and Programme Evaluations: A Socio-Psychological Analysis
Evaluators of an organization whose programmes or policies are under evaluation frequently encounter anxiety and resistance from the evaluees. Literature abounds with suggestions for developing collaborative interactions. Few studies, if any, show circumstances where the evaluees' need for co-operation and support transcends the inherent anxiety and resistance and triggers for the evaluees' desire for moral support and advice. An analysis of the …
The social psychology of policy analysis
This article illustrates how some of the core concepts of social psychology can increase understanding of the practice of policy analysis. Policy analysis is shown to be a form of rhetoric subject to social psychological principles of attitude change. The article argues that policy analysts are primarily concerned with changing policymakers’ beliefs about the consequences of alternative policies, but that preferences for alternative policies are …
Horses to water: Student use of course newsgroups
In a series of four studies, student postings on newsgroups created for their courses at Carleton University were monitored, and opinions were gathered from samples of students and instructors regarding their newsgroup activities. Results show that an overwhelming majority of students never posted messages on newsgroups, nor did their instructors. In addition, a large majority of students rarely read what others had posted. Students were more lik…
Forget Me Not: Some Comments on Self-Esteem among Alzheimer’s Sufferers
The article by Sabat, Fath, Moghaddam and Harr¥e (1999) is found to include relevant information about ways in which the issue of self-esteem can be analyzed in real-life settings. Yet the article is shown not to have included full evidence for refutation of alternative episodes. The phenomenon of Alzheimer’s disease sufferers force psychologists to reconceptualize their methodology. Such renovation is long overdue
Expertise and Information Retrieval
Twelve professors, 15 graduate students, and 54 undergraduates read the first pages of eight research articles from four social science areas and then listed up to five keywords or phrases that they believed best described the content of each. These descriptors were compared with those tagging each article in a popular computer-assisted bibliographic search program, PsychLITTM. Professors and graduate students generated about 50% more matches to …
On the evolution of adjudicated contests and the principle of invidious
Limited resources (e.g. jobs research grants, welfare, attention) are often allocated to those who desire them according to assessments of merit or deservingness made by presumably neutral judges. The resulting adjudicated contests are, in principle, more fair than other means of allocation: market economies, violence, privilege, kickbacks, etc. However, as adjudicated contests evolve they tend to attract an increasing number of qualified contest…
Introduction: Towards the Social Psychology of Computing
Recursive Adaptation, Stopping Rules, and Ironies of Computing
Computers, like all other tools, inevitably create new problems as they are applied to solve existing ones. At least three of these problems are germane to psychology: the use of computers for ulterior purposes, the proliferation of informational waste, and the erosion of ignorance as an excuse for misconduct. Such problems created by computer solutions can explain the difference between optimistic prophecies about computing and recent computing …
Divergent Amplification and Social Behavior: Some Methodological Considerations
Many social psychological phenomena exhibit convergent amplification, i.e., homeostatic or error-cancelling tendencies, the results of which can be studied by currently popular research and statistical methods. We argue, however, that at least as many social psychological phenomena exhibit divergent amplification, i.e., heteromorphic or catalytic tendencies, the results of which cannot be studied by currently popular methods. The latter phenomena…
Prediction and perception of social motives
In 2 experiments 70 male and female and 89 female undergraduates were required to observe and predict the behavior of a hypothetical who made choices for him- or herself and for a hypothetical other in a series of decomposed games. The preference for outcomes, or social motivational orientation, of the chooser was preprogramed and varied across conditions. Ss were more readily able to detect the outcome preferences of choosers who made choices ac…
Relative gain maximization in experimental games
Relative gain maximization in experimental games
Prediction and perception of social motives
In 2 experiments 70 male and female and 89 female undergraduates were required to observe and predict the behavior of a hypothetical who made choices for him- or herself and for a hypothetical other in a series of decomposed games. The preference for outcomes, or social motivational orientation, of the chooser was preprogramed and varied across conditions. Ss were more readily able to detect the outcome preferences of choosers who made choices ac…
The Seductive Danger of Visual Metaphors: It's About Time
Two articles in this journal (Rudolph, 2006; Yamada & Kato, 2006) courageously attempt to consider new ways to conceive of time in relation to human development, presenting several visual metaphors to make their case. I explore some of the confounds of these metaphors, and suggest why practical research techniques and examples derived from the metaphors are needed as demonstrations of their utility
On the evolution of adjudicated contests and the principle of invidious
Limited resources (e.g. jobs research grants, welfare, attention) are often allocated to those who desire them according to assessments of merit or deservingness made by presumably neutral judges. The resulting adjudicated contests are, in principle, more fair than other means of allocation: market economies, violence, privilege, kickbacks, etc. However, as adjudicated contests evolve they tend to attract an increasing number of qualified contest…
Recursive Adaptation, Stopping Rules, and Ironies of Computing
Computers, like all other tools, inevitably create new problems as they are applied to solve existing ones. At least three of these problems are germane to psychology: the use of computers for ulterior purposes, the proliferation of informational waste, and the erosion of ignorance as an excuse for misconduct. Such problems created by computer solutions can explain the difference between optimistic prophecies about computing and recent computing …
Changing Stereotypes in Iran and Canada Using Computer Mediated Communication
As part of a university course activity, one group of Canadian and one group of Iranian students were randomly partnered to exchange e-mail messages via the Internet for seven weeks. Before beginning their correspondence, all students completed a questionnaire measuring their stereotypes, attitudes, and knowledge about the people and culture of their prospective e-pals. Students from both countries then exchanged messages and photos. In addition,…
The social psychology of policy analysis
This article illustrates how some of the core concepts of social psychology can increase understanding of the practice of policy analysis. Policy analysis is shown to be a form of rhetoric subject to social psychological principles of attitude change. The article argues that policy analysts are primarily concerned with changing policymakers’ beliefs about the consequences of alternative policies, but that preferences for alternative policies are …
Introduction: Towards the Social Psychology of Computing
Relative gain maximization in experimental games
Prediction and perception of social motives
In 2 experiments 70 male and female and 89 female undergraduates were required to observe and predict the behavior of a hypothetical who made choices for him- or herself and for a hypothetical other in a series of decomposed games. The preference for outcomes, or social motivational orientation, of the chooser was preprogramed and varied across conditions. Ss were more readily able to detect the outcome preferences of choosers who made choices ac…
Divergent Amplification and Social Behavior: Some Methodological Considerations
Many social psychological phenomena exhibit convergent amplification, i.e., homeostatic or error-cancelling tendencies, the results of which can be studied by currently popular research and statistical methods. We argue, however, that at least as many social psychological phenomena exhibit divergent amplification, i.e., heteromorphic or catalytic tendencies, the results of which cannot be studied by currently popular methods. The latter phenomena…
Introduction: Towards the Social Psychology of Computing
Recursive Adaptation, Stopping Rules, and Ironies of Computing
Computers, like all other tools, inevitably create new problems as they are applied to solve existing ones. At least three of these problems are germane to psychology: the use of computers for ulterior purposes, the proliferation of informational waste, and the erosion of ignorance as an excuse for misconduct. Such problems created by computer solutions can explain the difference between optimistic prophecies about computing and recent computing …
On the evolution of adjudicated contests and the principle of invidious
Limited resources (e.g. jobs research grants, welfare, attention) are often allocated to those who desire them according to assessments of merit or deservingness made by presumably neutral judges. The resulting adjudicated contests are, in principle, more fair than other means of allocation: market economies, violence, privilege, kickbacks, etc. However, as adjudicated contests evolve they tend to attract an increasing number of qualified contest…
Expertise and Information Retrieval
Twelve professors, 15 graduate students, and 54 undergraduates read the first pages of eight research articles from four social science areas and then listed up to five keywords or phrases that they believed best described the content of each. These descriptors were compared with those tagging each article in a popular computer-assisted bibliographic search program, PsychLITTM. Professors and graduate students generated about 50% more matches to …
Forget Me Not: Some Comments on Self-Esteem among Alzheimer’s Sufferers
The article by Sabat, Fath, Moghaddam and Harr¥e (1999) is found to include relevant information about ways in which the issue of self-esteem can be analyzed in real-life settings. Yet the article is shown not to have included full evidence for refutation of alternative episodes. The phenomenon of Alzheimer’s disease sufferers force psychologists to reconceptualize their methodology. Such renovation is long overdue
Horses to water: Student use of course newsgroups
In a series of four studies, student postings on newsgroups created for their courses at Carleton University were monitored, and opinions were gathered from samples of students and instructors regarding their newsgroup activities. Results show that an overwhelming majority of students never posted messages on newsgroups, nor did their instructors. In addition, a large majority of students rarely read what others had posted. Students were more lik…
The social psychology of policy analysis
This article illustrates how some of the core concepts of social psychology can increase understanding of the practice of policy analysis. Policy analysis is shown to be a form of rhetoric subject to social psychological principles of attitude change. The article argues that policy analysts are primarily concerned with changing policymakers’ beliefs about the consequences of alternative policies, but that preferences for alternative policies are …
Reducing Anxiety and Resistance in Policy and Programme Evaluations: A Socio-Psychological Analysis
Evaluators of an organization whose programmes or policies are under evaluation frequently encounter anxiety and resistance from the evaluees. Literature abounds with suggestions for developing collaborative interactions. Few studies, if any, show circumstances where the evaluees' need for co-operation and support transcends the inherent anxiety and resistance and triggers for the evaluees' desire for moral support and advice. An analysis of the …
The Seductive Danger of Visual Metaphors: It's About Time
Two articles in this journal (Rudolph, 2006; Yamada & Kato, 2006) courageously attempt to consider new ways to conceive of time in relation to human development, presenting several visual metaphors to make their case. I explore some of the confounds of these metaphors, and suggest why practical research techniques and examples derived from the metaphors are needed as demonstrations of their utility
Changing Stereotypes in Iran and Canada Using Computer Mediated Communication
As part of a university course activity, one group of Canadian and one group of Iranian students were randomly partnered to exchange e-mail messages via the Internet for seven weeks. Before beginning their correspondence, all students completed a questionnaire measuring their stereotypes, attitudes, and knowledge about the people and culture of their prospective e-pals. Students from both countries then exchanged messages and photos. In addition,…
The Competition for Attention and the Evolution of Science
Whenever the amount of information produced exceeds the amount of attention available to consume it, a competition for attention is born. The competition is increasingly fierce in science where the exponential growth of information has forced its producers, consumers and gatekeepers to become increasingly selective in what they attend to and what they ignore. Paradoxically, as the criteria of selection among authors, editors and readers of scient…
Measuring Simulation-Observation Fit: An Introduction to Ordinal Pattern Analysis
Most traditional strategies of assessing the fit between a simulation's set of predictions (outputs) and a set of relevant observations rely either on visual inspection or squared distances among averages. Here we introduce an alternative goodness-of-fit strategy, Ordinal Pattern Analysis (OPA) that will (we argue) be more appropriate for judging the goodness-of-fit of simulations in many situations. OPA is based on matches and mismatches among t…
Heads and Hearts: Three Methods for Explicating Judgment and Decision Processes
Agent-based models are more likely to generate accurate outputs if they incorporate valid representations of human agents than if they don't. The present article outlines three research methodologies commonly used for explicating the cognitive processes and motivational orientations of human judgment and decision making: policy capturing, information seeking, and social choice. Examples are given to demonstrate how each methodology might be emplo…
Tempest in a teacup: Pandemic resilience in a Canadian small town
Problems and solutions: An ecological view
Psychology (17 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (4 works) · Economics (4 works)