Paul Whitney
Biographic Data
| ID | 3839044 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Whitney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitney |
| SIGNATURE | WHITNEY P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Conceptual Model to Identify Intent to Use Chemical-Biological Weapons
This paper describes a conceptual model to identify and interrelate indicators of intent of non-state actors to use chemical or biological weapons. The model expands on earlier efforts to understand intent to use weapons of mass destruction by building upon well-researched theories of intent and behavior and focusing on a sub-set of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to account for the distinct challenges of employing different types of WMD in vio…
Violent frames in action
We present a computational approach to radical rhetoric that leverages the co-expression of rhetoric and action features in discourse to identify violent intent. The approach combines text mining and machine learning techniques with insights from Frame Analysis and theories that explain the emergence of violence in terms of moral disengagement, the violation of sacred values and social isolation in order to build computational models that identif…
Think‐aloud protocols and the study of comprehension
Although the think‐aloud method (TAM) is being used with increasing frequency in the study of text comprehension, many researchers remain skeptical of its value. In this article, we discuss assumptions behind TAM, the specific aspects of comprehension that it can reveal, as well as new directions for research that use TAM. In particular, we argue that TAM is a useful technique for tracking changes in the contents of working memory during comprehe…
On babies, bath water, and schemata
Problems with traditional constructionist views of comprehension, which are often based on schema theories, are reviewed in light of recent evidence that suggests that bottom‐up processes are predominant in comprehension. Three alternative views of the role of top‐down processing in comprehension are also reviewed: (a) the minimalist framework, (b) construction‐integration theory, and (c) schema‐assembly theory. Although each of these views has s…
The effect of trait anxiety and situational stress on working memory capacity
Metaphor production in creative writing
Working‐memory capacity and the use of elaborative inferences in text comprehension
The purpose of this research was to determine if individual differences in working‐memory capacity are related to the ways readers use inferences to facilitate text comprehension. Two groups of subjects, who differed in working‐memory span, read difficult narrative passages a few sentences at a time. The subjects furnished "thinking out loud" protocols of their emerging interpretations. Idea units from the subjects' protocols were categorized wit…
Psychological Theories of Elaborative Inferences
RESEARCH is reviewed relevant to understanding the conditions in which elaborative inferences are made, with a particular concern for the implications for schema-theoretic notions of comprehension. Several studies using recognition and cued recall paradigms have suggested that instruments implied by verbs and specific instances of general terms are extensively inferred during comprehension. This evidence has been interpreted as reflecting the fil…
Commentary
Working‐memory capacity and the use of elaborative inferences in text comprehension
The purpose of this research was to determine if individual differences in working‐memory capacity are related to the ways readers use inferences to facilitate text comprehension. Two groups of subjects, who differed in working‐memory span, read difficult narrative passages a few sentences at a time. The subjects furnished "thinking out loud" protocols of their emerging interpretations. Idea units from the subjects' protocols were categorized wit…
Psychological Theories of Elaborative Inferences
RESEARCH is reviewed relevant to understanding the conditions in which elaborative inferences are made, with a particular concern for the implications for schema-theoretic notions of comprehension. Several studies using recognition and cued recall paradigms have suggested that instruments implied by verbs and specific instances of general terms are extensively inferred during comprehension. This evidence has been interpreted as reflecting the fil…
Think‐aloud protocols and the study of comprehension
Although the think‐aloud method (TAM) is being used with increasing frequency in the study of text comprehension, many researchers remain skeptical of its value. In this article, we discuss assumptions behind TAM, the specific aspects of comprehension that it can reveal, as well as new directions for research that use TAM. In particular, we argue that TAM is a useful technique for tracking changes in the contents of working memory during comprehe…
On babies, bath water, and schemata
Problems with traditional constructionist views of comprehension, which are often based on schema theories, are reviewed in light of recent evidence that suggests that bottom‐up processes are predominant in comprehension. Three alternative views of the role of top‐down processing in comprehension are also reviewed: (a) the minimalist framework, (b) construction‐integration theory, and (c) schema‐assembly theory. Although each of these views has s…
Metaphor production in creative writing
The effect of trait anxiety and situational stress on working memory capacity
Commentary
Psychological Theories of Elaborative Inferences
RESEARCH is reviewed relevant to understanding the conditions in which elaborative inferences are made, with a particular concern for the implications for schema-theoretic notions of comprehension. Several studies using recognition and cued recall paradigms have suggested that instruments implied by verbs and specific instances of general terms are extensively inferred during comprehension. This evidence has been interpreted as reflecting the fil…
Working‐memory capacity and the use of elaborative inferences in text comprehension
The purpose of this research was to determine if individual differences in working‐memory capacity are related to the ways readers use inferences to facilitate text comprehension. Two groups of subjects, who differed in working‐memory span, read difficult narrative passages a few sentences at a time. The subjects furnished "thinking out loud" protocols of their emerging interpretations. Idea units from the subjects' protocols were categorized wit…
The effect of trait anxiety and situational stress on working memory capacity
Metaphor production in creative writing
On babies, bath water, and schemata
Problems with traditional constructionist views of comprehension, which are often based on schema theories, are reviewed in light of recent evidence that suggests that bottom‐up processes are predominant in comprehension. Three alternative views of the role of top‐down processing in comprehension are also reviewed: (a) the minimalist framework, (b) construction‐integration theory, and (c) schema‐assembly theory. Although each of these views has s…
Think‐aloud protocols and the study of comprehension
Although the think‐aloud method (TAM) is being used with increasing frequency in the study of text comprehension, many researchers remain skeptical of its value. In this article, we discuss assumptions behind TAM, the specific aspects of comprehension that it can reveal, as well as new directions for research that use TAM. In particular, we argue that TAM is a useful technique for tracking changes in the contents of working memory during comprehe…
Violent frames in action
We present a computational approach to radical rhetoric that leverages the co-expression of rhetoric and action features in discourse to identify violent intent. The approach combines text mining and machine learning techniques with insights from Frame Analysis and theories that explain the emergence of violence in terms of moral disengagement, the violation of sacred values and social isolation in order to build computational models that identif…
A Conceptual Model to Identify Intent to Use Chemical-Biological Weapons
This paper describes a conceptual model to identify and interrelate indicators of intent of non-state actors to use chemical or biological weapons. The model expands on earlier efforts to understand intent to use weapons of mass destruction by building upon well-researched theories of intent and behavior and focusing on a sub-set of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to account for the distinct challenges of employing different types of WMD in vio…
Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Comprehension (4 works) · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (4 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works)