Colin J Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3772374 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colin J Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colin J |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS C J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
On Art and the Limits of Dissent
Since June 2022, activists have been targeting renowned museums and galleries to draw attention to the climate crisis, with protests that often involve the apparent destruction of artworks. These actions have been condemned in global media outlets and are frequently represented as counterproductive and lacking in logic. We contend there is a logic in the actions of these political dissenters that goes beyond a simple attempt to secure media and p…
Increasing climate efficacy is not a surefire means to promoting climate commitment
People’s perception of their own efficacy is a critical precursor for adaptive behavioural responses to the threat posed by climate change. The present study investigated whether components of climate efficacy could be enhanced by short video messages. An online study (N = 161) compared groups of participants who received messages focusing on individual or collective behaviour. Relative to a control group, these groups showed increased levels of …
Thinking about climate change
We introduce this special issue on Thinking about Climate Change by reflecting on the role of psychology in responding adaptively to catastrophic global threats. By way of illustration we compare the threat posed by climate change with the extinction-level threat considered in the recent film Don’t Look Up [McKay, A. (Director). (2021). Don’t Look Up [Film]. Hyperobject Industries]. Human psychology is a critical element in both scenarios. The pa…
Assessing the Effectiveness of Structured Word Inquiry for Students in Grades 3 and 5 With Reading and Spelling Difficulties
Research syntheses have demonstrated that morphological instruction can improve the literacy skills of poor readers and spellers. However, studies have used a wide variety of training methods. Questions remain about what type of morphological instruction is most effective and under which circumstances. In this study, we conducted a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of Structured Word Inquiry for poor readers and spellers. S…
Dock Workers
James Sanders Day. Diamonds in the Rough
In this sweeping study of the history of the Cahaba coal field in Alabama, James Sanders Day attempts to synthesize different historical approaches. As he states in the introduction, his multifaceted methodology will ensure that “engineers and scientists, entrepreneurs and miners occupy the same canvas” (p. 1). Day only partially succeeds in his quest. He argues that most studies have focused on the more productive Warrior coal fields in north ce…
Is that what Bayesians believe? Reply to Griffiths, Chater, Norris, and Pouget (2012)
Griffiths, Chater, Norris, and Pouget (2012) argue that we have misunderstood the Bayesian approach. In their view, it is rarely the case that researchers are making claims that performance in a given task is near optimal, and few, if any, researchers adopt the theoretical Bayesian perspective according to which the mind or brain is actually performing (or approximating) Bayesian computations. Rather, researchers are said to adopt something more …
Bayesian just-so stories in psychology and neuroscience
According to Bayesian theories in psychology and neuroscience, minds and brains are (near) optimal in solving a wide range of tasks. We challenge this view and argue that more traditional, non-Bayesian approaches are more promising. We make 3 main arguments. First, we show that the empirical evidence for Bayesian theories in psychology is weak. This weakness relates to the many arbitrary ways that priors, likelihoods, and utility functions can be…
The spatial coding model of visual word identification.
Visual word identification requires readers to code the identity and order of the letters in a word and match this code against previously learned codes. Current models of this lexical matching process posit context-specific letter codes in which letter representations are tied to either specific serial positions or specific local contexts (e.g., letter clusters). The spatial coding model described here adopts a different approach to letter posit…
Shape or Fight?”
The purpose of this essay is to examine the working world of African-American longshoremen in New York and how they came to terms with racist hiring practices. Some African-American longshoremen retained a degree of institutional freedom with their Jim Crow Local #968, but their inability to control a pier, and thereby guarantee steady work, resulted in a precarious situation of constantly searching for work. Nonetheless, Local 968 acted as a cat…
It Is Union and Liberty
Comparative International History of Dock Labour, c. 1790–1970
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Racializing Class, Classifying Race
The conference "Racializing Class, Classifying Race" held at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford on July 11-13, 1997, was by any measure a resounding success. Due largely to the quality of the papers and the comments of discussants and audience members alike, the conference stimulated widespread discussion-but not agreement. The theme was a propitious one, coming at a time when race and the analytical model of "whiteness" have captured cen…
Power at Odds
Power at Odds
Heroes of Unwritten Story
Bitter conflict
(1992). Bitter conflict: The 1922 railroad shopmen's strike. Labor History: Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 433-455
Bayesian just-so stories in psychology and neuroscience
According to Bayesian theories in psychology and neuroscience, minds and brains are (near) optimal in solving a wide range of tasks. We challenge this view and argue that more traditional, non-Bayesian approaches are more promising. We make 3 main arguments. First, we show that the empirical evidence for Bayesian theories in psychology is weak. This weakness relates to the many arbitrary ways that priors, likelihoods, and utility functions can be…
Is that what Bayesians believe? Reply to Griffiths, Chater, Norris, and Pouget (2012)
Griffiths, Chater, Norris, and Pouget (2012) argue that we have misunderstood the Bayesian approach. In their view, it is rarely the case that researchers are making claims that performance in a given task is near optimal, and few, if any, researchers adopt the theoretical Bayesian perspective according to which the mind or brain is actually performing (or approximating) Bayesian computations. Rather, researchers are said to adopt something more …
Shape or Fight?”
The purpose of this essay is to examine the working world of African-American longshoremen in New York and how they came to terms with racist hiring practices. Some African-American longshoremen retained a degree of institutional freedom with their Jim Crow Local #968, but their inability to control a pier, and thereby guarantee steady work, resulted in a precarious situation of constantly searching for work. Nonetheless, Local 968 acted as a cat…
Bitter conflict
(1992). Bitter conflict: The 1922 railroad shopmen's strike. Labor History: Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 433-455
Bitter conflict
(1992). Bitter conflict: The 1922 railroad shopmen's strike. Labor History: Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 433-455
Heroes of Unwritten Story
Comparative International History of Dock Labour, c. 1790–1970
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Racializing Class, Classifying Race
The conference "Racializing Class, Classifying Race" held at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford on July 11-13, 1997, was by any measure a resounding success. Due largely to the quality of the papers and the comments of discussants and audience members alike, the conference stimulated widespread discussion-but not agreement. The theme was a propitious one, coming at a time when race and the analytical model of "whiteness" have captured cen…
Power at Odds
Power at Odds
It Is Union and Liberty
Shape or Fight?”
The purpose of this essay is to examine the working world of African-American longshoremen in New York and how they came to terms with racist hiring practices. Some African-American longshoremen retained a degree of institutional freedom with their Jim Crow Local #968, but their inability to control a pier, and thereby guarantee steady work, resulted in a precarious situation of constantly searching for work. Nonetheless, Local 968 acted as a cat…
The spatial coding model of visual word identification.
Visual word identification requires readers to code the identity and order of the letters in a word and match this code against previously learned codes. Current models of this lexical matching process posit context-specific letter codes in which letter representations are tied to either specific serial positions or specific local contexts (e.g., letter clusters). The spatial coding model described here adopts a different approach to letter posit…
Is that what Bayesians believe? Reply to Griffiths, Chater, Norris, and Pouget (2012)
Griffiths, Chater, Norris, and Pouget (2012) argue that we have misunderstood the Bayesian approach. In their view, it is rarely the case that researchers are making claims that performance in a given task is near optimal, and few, if any, researchers adopt the theoretical Bayesian perspective according to which the mind or brain is actually performing (or approximating) Bayesian computations. Rather, researchers are said to adopt something more …
Bayesian just-so stories in psychology and neuroscience
According to Bayesian theories in psychology and neuroscience, minds and brains are (near) optimal in solving a wide range of tasks. We challenge this view and argue that more traditional, non-Bayesian approaches are more promising. We make 3 main arguments. First, we show that the empirical evidence for Bayesian theories in psychology is weak. This weakness relates to the many arbitrary ways that priors, likelihoods, and utility functions can be…
James Sanders Day. Diamonds in the Rough
In this sweeping study of the history of the Cahaba coal field in Alabama, James Sanders Day attempts to synthesize different historical approaches. As he states in the introduction, his multifaceted methodology will ensure that “engineers and scientists, entrepreneurs and miners occupy the same canvas” (p. 1). Day only partially succeeds in his quest. He argues that most studies have focused on the more productive Warrior coal fields in north ce…
Dock Workers
Increasing climate efficacy is not a surefire means to promoting climate commitment
People’s perception of their own efficacy is a critical precursor for adaptive behavioural responses to the threat posed by climate change. The present study investigated whether components of climate efficacy could be enhanced by short video messages. An online study (N = 161) compared groups of participants who received messages focusing on individual or collective behaviour. Relative to a control group, these groups showed increased levels of …
Thinking about climate change
We introduce this special issue on Thinking about Climate Change by reflecting on the role of psychology in responding adaptively to catastrophic global threats. By way of illustration we compare the threat posed by climate change with the extinction-level threat considered in the recent film Don’t Look Up [McKay, A. (Director). (2021). Don’t Look Up [Film]. Hyperobject Industries]. Human psychology is a critical element in both scenarios. The pa…
Assessing the Effectiveness of Structured Word Inquiry for Students in Grades 3 and 5 With Reading and Spelling Difficulties
Research syntheses have demonstrated that morphological instruction can improve the literacy skills of poor readers and spellers. However, studies have used a wide variety of training methods. Questions remain about what type of morphological instruction is most effective and under which circumstances. In this study, we conducted a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of Structured Word Inquiry for poor readers and spellers. S…
On Art and the Limits of Dissent
Since June 2022, activists have been targeting renowned museums and galleries to draw attention to the climate crisis, with protests that often involve the apparent destruction of artworks. These actions have been condemned in global media outlets and are frequently represented as counterproductive and lacking in logic. We contend there is a logic in the actions of these political dissenters that goes beyond a simple attempt to secure media and p…
Political science (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · History (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Race, History, and American Society (4 works)