Terry J Knapp
Biographic Data
| ID | 5007931 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Terry J Knapp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Terry J |
| FAMILY NAME | Knapp |
| SIGNATURE | KNAPP T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Münsterberg in 1898, Not Allport in 1937, Introduced the Terms ‘Idiographic’ and ‘Nomothetic’ to American Psychology
Psychologists use the term ‘idiographic’ to refer to the characteristics of unique individuals and ‘nomothetic’ to refer to universal characteristics. It is widely accepted that Gordon Allport borrowed those terms from the German philosopher Wilhelm Windelband and introduced the idiographic/nomothetic distinction to American psychology. However, in this paper we argue that the terms were made a part of American psychological discourse at least as…
Contributions to the History of Psychology
The author indexes of 15 introductory psychology textbooks were surveyed to identify the authorities cited most frequently. The five names cited most often in descending order were Freud, Bandura, Skinner, Piaget, and James. Differences from earlier comparable citation studies are discussed
Behaviorism and Public Policy
Contributions to Psychohistory
The yearly sales records of two classics in psychology are compared. Royalty records may be a useful quantitative index for historians
Contributions to the History of Psychology
In 1939 Thomas Verner Moore authored a book entitled Cognitive Psychology which shared many commonalities with the psychological perspective that emerged under the same name 25 years later. Moore rejected the behaviorism of his day, took knowing as the fundamental problem of psychology, employed reaction time procedures to differentiate among mental processes, and was committed to representationalism as an epistemology. His career, early experime…
Simulated Slot-Machine Play with Concurrent Variable Ratio and Random Ratio Schedules of Reinforcement
Variable and random ratio schedules of reinforcement are conceptually contrasted and experimentally compared in a computer simulated “slot machine” task. 20 subjects did not behave differentially in terms of either choice of game or employment of strategy
Using the Natural Environment in Counseling for Therapeutic Change
The frequent and effective use of the natural environment in conducting psychotherapy is described through an illustrative case study
Using the Natural Environment in Counseling for Therapeutic Change
The frequent and effective use of the natural environment in conducting psychotherapy is described through an illustrative case study
Simulated Slot-Machine Play with Concurrent Variable Ratio and Random Ratio Schedules of Reinforcement
Variable and random ratio schedules of reinforcement are conceptually contrasted and experimentally compared in a computer simulated “slot machine” task. 20 subjects did not behave differentially in terms of either choice of game or employment of strategy
Contributions to the History of Psychology
In 1939 Thomas Verner Moore authored a book entitled Cognitive Psychology which shared many commonalities with the psychological perspective that emerged under the same name 25 years later. Moore rejected the behaviorism of his day, took knowing as the fundamental problem of psychology, employed reaction time procedures to differentiate among mental processes, and was committed to representationalism as an epistemology. His career, early experime…
Contributions to Psychohistory
The yearly sales records of two classics in psychology are compared. Royalty records may be a useful quantitative index for historians
Behaviorism and Public Policy
Contributions to the History of Psychology
The author indexes of 15 introductory psychology textbooks were surveyed to identify the authorities cited most frequently. The five names cited most often in descending order were Freud, Bandura, Skinner, Piaget, and James. Differences from earlier comparable citation studies are discussed
Münsterberg in 1898, Not Allport in 1937, Introduced the Terms ‘Idiographic’ and ‘Nomothetic’ to American Psychology
Psychologists use the term ‘idiographic’ to refer to the characteristics of unique individuals and ‘nomothetic’ to refer to universal characteristics. It is widely accepted that Gordon Allport borrowed those terms from the German philosopher Wilhelm Windelband and introduced the idiographic/nomothetic distinction to American psychology. However, in this paper we argue that the terms were made a part of American psychological discourse at least as…
Psychology (7 works) · Psychoanalysis (5 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Psychotherapist (3 works) · Behaviorism (2 works) · History of psychology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)