Michael R W Dawson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5709466 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael R W Dawson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael R W |
| FAMILY NAME | Dawson |
| SIGNATURE | DAWSON M R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9152-199X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Embodying cognitive ethology
Cognitive psychology considers the environment as providing information, not affecting fundamental information processes. Thus, cognitive psychology’s traditional paradigms study responses to precisely timed stimuli in controlled environments. However, new research demonstrates the environment does influence cognitive processes and offers cognitive psychology new methods. The authors examine one such proposal: cognitive ethology. Cognitive etholo…
Theoretical psychology at the University of Alberta as social science during the Cold War
We examine the University of Alberta's Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Psychology (1965-1990) in the context of social science conducted during the Cold War. We begin by considering the center with respect to three important properties of social science at this time: an emphasis on interdisciplinarity, a focus on theory, and a preference for quantitative methods. Our analysis suggests that center activities also exhibited these character…
Mind, Body, World
Cognitive science arose in the 1950s when it became apparent that a number of disciplines, including psychology, computer science, linguistics, and philosophy, were fragmenting. Perhaps owing to the field’s immediate origins in cybernetics, as well as to the foundational assumption that cognition is information processing, cognitive science initially seemed more unified than psychology. However, as a result of differing interpretations of the fou…
A case study in Gantt charts as historiophoty
History is typically presented as historiography, where historians communicate via the written word. However, some historians have suggested alternative formats for communicating and thinking about historical information. One such format is known as historiophoty, which involves using a variety of visual images to represent history. The current article proposes that a particular type of graph, known as a Gantt chart, is well suited for conducting…
Minds and Machines
Objectivity and Human Needs in Historical Perspective
Review of A Theory of Human Need by Len Doyal and Ian Gough.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Empirical issues in theoretical psychology
Empirical issues in theoretical psychology
A case study in Gantt charts as historiophoty
History is typically presented as historiography, where historians communicate via the written word. However, some historians have suggested alternative formats for communicating and thinking about historical information. One such format is known as historiophoty, which involves using a variety of visual images to represent history. The current article proposes that a particular type of graph, known as a Gantt chart, is well suited for conducting…
Empirical issues in theoretical psychology
Empirical issues in theoretical psychology
Objectivity and Human Needs in Historical Perspective
Review of A Theory of Human Need by Len Doyal and Ian Gough.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Minds and Machines
Mind, Body, World
Cognitive science arose in the 1950s when it became apparent that a number of disciplines, including psychology, computer science, linguistics, and philosophy, were fragmenting. Perhaps owing to the field’s immediate origins in cybernetics, as well as to the foundational assumption that cognition is information processing, cognitive science initially seemed more unified than psychology. However, as a result of differing interpretations of the fou…
A case study in Gantt charts as historiophoty
History is typically presented as historiography, where historians communicate via the written word. However, some historians have suggested alternative formats for communicating and thinking about historical information. One such format is known as historiophoty, which involves using a variety of visual images to represent history. The current article proposes that a particular type of graph, known as a Gantt chart, is well suited for conducting…
Theoretical psychology at the University of Alberta as social science during the Cold War
We examine the University of Alberta's Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Psychology (1965-1990) in the context of social science conducted during the Cold War. We begin by considering the center with respect to three important properties of social science at this time: an emphasis on interdisciplinarity, a focus on theory, and a preference for quantitative methods. Our analysis suggests that center activities also exhibited these character…
Embodying cognitive ethology
Cognitive psychology considers the environment as providing information, not affecting fundamental information processes. Thus, cognitive psychology’s traditional paradigms study responses to precisely timed stimuli in controlled environments. However, new research demonstrates the environment does influence cognitive processes and offers cognitive psychology new methods. The authors examine one such proposal: cognitive ethology. Cognitive etholo…
Psychology (6 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Cognition (2 works)