Kenneth G Wilson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3785059 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth G Wilson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth G |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilson |
| SIGNATURE | WILSON K G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansas State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1954 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Does Science Education Need the History of Science
This essay argues that science education can gain from close engagement with the history of science both in the training of prospective vocational scientists and in educating the broader public about the nature of science. First it shows how historicizing science in the classroom can improve the pedagogical experience of science students and might even help them turn into more effective professional practitioners of science. Then it examines how …
Chasing Rainbow Notions
This paper discusses tensions and contradictions experienced by a group of psychologists in post‐1994 South Africa as we struggled to develop an MA program in community psychology. Situating our work within the history of the subdiscipline and the historical context confronting South Africans in the “wake of apartheid,” we explore models of community psychology that informed praxis under apartheid and contemporary challenges confronting a country…
I Feel I Am Not Human’
The study described in this paper investigated the ways in which panic and panic disorder are socially constructed, and how these constructions are involved in the formation of the subjectivities of those persons experiencing panic. In adopting a social constructionist perspective, it is proposed that all understandings of panic are informed by the social and historical contexts from which they emerge. The study investigates how linguistic practi…
The Administrator Awakens
Van Winkle's Return
Source and Type of Wives' Problems as Related to Responsibility Attribution, Interpersonal Attraction and Understanding
Responsibility attribution
Internal-External Control, Interpersonal Attraction, and Empathy
It was predicted that internal Ss would show greater interpersonal attraction scores for an internal stranger than for an external stranger while external Ss would show a greater preference for an external stranger. Similar results were expected from an empathy measure. Results suggested that 30 internals were more attracted to an internal stranger than to an external stranger and that internals showed a greater preference for the internal strang…
Internal-external control and the attribution of blame under neutral and distractive conditions
The Lay of Sorrow and the Lufaris Complaynt
The Dance as Symbol and Leitmotiv in Thomas Mann’s Tonio Kröger
Internal-external control and the attribution of blame under neutral and distractive conditions
Does Science Education Need the History of Science
This essay argues that science education can gain from close engagement with the history of science both in the training of prospective vocational scientists and in educating the broader public about the nature of science. First it shows how historicizing science in the classroom can improve the pedagogical experience of science students and might even help them turn into more effective professional practitioners of science. Then it examines how …
Chasing Rainbow Notions
This paper discusses tensions and contradictions experienced by a group of psychologists in post‐1994 South Africa as we struggled to develop an MA program in community psychology. Situating our work within the history of the subdiscipline and the historical context confronting South Africans in the “wake of apartheid,” we explore models of community psychology that informed praxis under apartheid and contemporary challenges confronting a country…
The Lay of Sorrow and the Lufaris Complaynt
The Dance as Symbol and Leitmotiv in Thomas Mann’s Tonio Kröger
Internal-External Control, Interpersonal Attraction, and Empathy
It was predicted that internal Ss would show greater interpersonal attraction scores for an internal stranger than for an external stranger while external Ss would show a greater preference for an external stranger. Similar results were expected from an empathy measure. Results suggested that 30 internals were more attracted to an internal stranger than to an external stranger and that internals showed a greater preference for the internal strang…
Internal-external control and the attribution of blame under neutral and distractive conditions
Responsibility attribution
Source and Type of Wives' Problems as Related to Responsibility Attribution, Interpersonal Attraction and Understanding
Van Winkle's Return
The Administrator Awakens
I Feel I Am Not Human’
The study described in this paper investigated the ways in which panic and panic disorder are socially constructed, and how these constructions are involved in the formation of the subjectivities of those persons experiencing panic. In adopting a social constructionist perspective, it is proposed that all understandings of panic are informed by the social and historical contexts from which they emerge. The study investigates how linguistic practi…
Chasing Rainbow Notions
This paper discusses tensions and contradictions experienced by a group of psychologists in post‐1994 South Africa as we struggled to develop an MA program in community psychology. Situating our work within the history of the subdiscipline and the historical context confronting South Africans in the “wake of apartheid,” we explore models of community psychology that informed praxis under apartheid and contemporary challenges confronting a country…
Does Science Education Need the History of Science
This essay argues that science education can gain from close engagement with the history of science both in the training of prospective vocational scientists and in educating the broader public about the nature of science. First it shows how historicizing science in the classroom can improve the pedagogical experience of science students and might even help them turn into more effective professional practitioners of science. Then it examines how …
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Attribution (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Attraction (2 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (2 works)