David Oldman
Biographic Data
| ID | 298089 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Oldman |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Oldman |
| SIGNATURE | OLDMAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aberdeen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
When Luck Runs Out (Book)
Making Aliens
The Veil and the Mask
Compulsive Gamblers
Chance and Skill
The paper deals with the problem of how people handle random events. Many accounts of the chance element in games and many attempts at general explanations of gambling assume that the actor accepts the events as unpredictable and passively awaits the outcome. A study of people playing roulette in a gaming club suggests that this is far from the case. Playing roulette can be seen as an exercise in 'skill' which depends upon the construction and ma…
Family structure and educational achievement
This paper attempts a new look at an old problem. Throughout this century there have been many reports showing that certain characteristics of family structure are associated with the individual's performance in evaluative situations, be these IQ tests, tests of achievement, school and university examinations and even occupational success (for an excellent summary, see Anastasi, 1956). It is well known, for example, that children from large famil…
Education
The Social Differentiation of Ability
The extent to which social class differences in the measured ability of children change as the children get older is an important educational, sociological and even political question. Using the results of tests taken by Aberdeen school children at ages 7, 9, and 12, it was found that there was no significant increase in the 'class gap in ability' with age, but that there was significant variation in the 'class differentiating power' of the tests…
Measuring the Status of Occupations
Chance and Skill
The paper deals with the problem of how people handle random events. Many accounts of the chance element in games and many attempts at general explanations of gambling assume that the actor accepts the events as unpredictable and passively awaits the outcome. A study of people playing roulette in a gaming club suggests that this is far from the case. Playing roulette can be seen as an exercise in 'skill' which depends upon the construction and ma…
Compulsive Gamblers
Measuring the Status of Occupations
Making Aliens
The Social Differentiation of Ability
The extent to which social class differences in the measured ability of children change as the children get older is an important educational, sociological and even political question. Using the results of tests taken by Aberdeen school children at ages 7, 9, and 12, it was found that there was no significant increase in the 'class gap in ability' with age, but that there was significant variation in the 'class differentiating power' of the tests…
Measuring the Status of Occupations
The Social Differentiation of Ability
The extent to which social class differences in the measured ability of children change as the children get older is an important educational, sociological and even political question. Using the results of tests taken by Aberdeen school children at ages 7, 9, and 12, it was found that there was no significant increase in the 'class gap in ability' with age, but that there was significant variation in the 'class differentiating power' of the tests…
Education
Family structure and educational achievement
This paper attempts a new look at an old problem. Throughout this century there have been many reports showing that certain characteristics of family structure are associated with the individual's performance in evaluative situations, be these IQ tests, tests of achievement, school and university examinations and even occupational success (for an excellent summary, see Anastasi, 1956). It is well known, for example, that children from large famil…
Chance and Skill
The paper deals with the problem of how people handle random events. Many accounts of the chance element in games and many attempts at general explanations of gambling assume that the actor accepts the events as unpredictable and passively awaits the outcome. A study of people playing roulette in a gaming club suggests that this is far from the case. Playing roulette can be seen as an exercise in 'skill' which depends upon the construction and ma…
Compulsive Gamblers
The Veil and the Mask
Making Aliens
When Luck Runs Out (Book)
Sociology (7 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Affect (linguistics) (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works)