James Shilts Boster
Biographic Data
| ID | 3688587 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Shilts Boster |
| GIVEN NAMES | James Shilts |
| FAMILY NAME | Boster |
| SIGNATURE | BOSTER J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Connecticut |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Recall, Similarity Judgment, and Identification of Trees
We compare experts and novices in their recall, similarity judgment, and identification of trees. These tasks assess different aspects of informants' knowledge of trees. Experts agree substantially on all three tasks. However, they judge similarity of pictures of trees relying more on morphological and taxonomic features while judging similarity of names of trees relying more on utilitarian features. Novices recall few trees and accurately identi…
A Crystal Seen From Each of Its Vertices
Europeans from 15 locations share a similar image of the national characters of each other and of nations outside of Europe, an image organized on the dimensions of modernity and self-control. Variation of the shared image is complexly patterned: Nations that are geographically close are judged similarly, especially if they are relatively far away from the judge. Similarly, judges that are close judge similarly, especially if the target nations a…
Selection for perceptual distinctiveness
Numerical Techniques in Social Anthropology
Selection for perceptual distinctiveness
Numerical Techniques in Social Anthropology
Recall, Similarity Judgment, and Identification of Trees
We compare experts and novices in their recall, similarity judgment, and identification of trees. These tasks assess different aspects of informants' knowledge of trees. Experts agree substantially on all three tasks. However, they judge similarity of pictures of trees relying more on morphological and taxonomic features while judging similarity of names of trees relying more on utilitarian features. Novices recall few trees and accurately identi…
A Crystal Seen From Each of Its Vertices
Europeans from 15 locations share a similar image of the national characters of each other and of nations outside of Europe, an image organized on the dimensions of modernity and self-control. Variation of the shared image is complexly patterned: Nations that are geographically close are judged similarly, especially if they are relatively far away from the judge. Similarly, judges that are close judge similarly, especially if the target nations a…
Numerical Techniques in Social Anthropology
Selection for perceptual distinctiveness
A Crystal Seen From Each of Its Vertices
Europeans from 15 locations share a similar image of the national characters of each other and of nations outside of Europe, an image organized on the dimensions of modernity and self-control. Variation of the shared image is complexly patterned: Nations that are geographically close are judged similarly, especially if they are relatively far away from the judge. Similarly, judges that are close judge similarly, especially if the target nations a…
Recall, Similarity Judgment, and Identification of Trees
We compare experts and novices in their recall, similarity judgment, and identification of trees. These tasks assess different aspects of informants' knowledge of trees. Experts agree substantially on all three tasks. However, they judge similarity of pictures of trees relying more on morphological and taxonomic features while judging similarity of names of trees relying more on utilitarian features. Novices recall few trees and accurately identi…
Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 work)