Tannis Macbeth Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 92964 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tannis Macbeth Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tannis Macbeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS T M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Infant Development and Supplemental Care
Researchers concerned with development in infancy and early childhood have tended to ask basic or applied questions, but not both. The same issues have been salient to people in the basic and applied fields, but because researchers have been working from different perspectives, there has been relatively little cross-fertilization. As a vehicle for facilitating integration, a contrasting analysis of basic and applied research on several problemati…
Placing Premenstrual Syndrome in Perspective
In a longitudinal prospective study, mood fluctuations were assessed for evidence of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) as well as other menstrual, day of week, and lunar cyclicity. Volunteer participants from the community (60 women and 10 men) provided daily data for 12 to 18 weeks. Significant mood fluctuation was determined by a new nonparametric method using each individual's own standard deviation as a measure of “marked” change. Cyclicity was the…
Mood Fluctuations
Mood fluctuations in women and men were studied both prospectively and retrospectively to determine whether cyclic changes occur over phases of the menstrual cycle, lunar cycle, and/or days of the week. The participants (15 women using oral contraceptives, 12 normally cycling women, and 15 men), who did not know the purpose of the study, recorded the pleasantness, arousal, and stability of their moods daily for 70 days (concurrent data). Later th…
Transition to motherhood
A prospective longitudinal study assessed the development of the mother-child relationship within the context of other important aspects of transition to parenthood. In the prenatal phase, 238 women who were 8 months pregnant with their first child completed a set of questionnaires. At 1 month post-partum, 165 of these women completed a second set of questionnaires, and a subset of 86 were observed for 1 hour at home with their infants. When thei…
The impact of television
Implications of a Natural Experiment in the Developed World for Research on Television in the Developing World
Three Canadian communities were studied, just before and two years after the inception of television reception in one of them. Some implications of the results of this natural experiment for research on television in the developing world are described in this article. The advantages of behavioral measures over ratings and potential bias in ratings due to sex role or other (e.g., racial) stereotypes are discussed, as are problems in conceptualizin…
How and What Do Children Learn From Television
The paper provides a review and critical synthesis of research and theory dealing with the processes involved in children's learning from television. It asks how and what children learn from television, and at what ages television is a more or less powerful teacher. The focus is on assessing evidence that television can play a positive teaching role. It is suggested that a threshold model may be more appropriate than a linear model for evaluating…
How and What Do Children Learn From Television
The paper provides a review and critical synthesis of research and theory dealing with the processes involved in children's learning from television. It asks how and what children learn from television, and at what ages television is a more or less powerful teacher. The focus is on assessing evidence that television can play a positive teaching role. It is suggested that a threshold model may be more appropriate than a linear model for evaluating…
Mood Fluctuations
Mood fluctuations in women and men were studied both prospectively and retrospectively to determine whether cyclic changes occur over phases of the menstrual cycle, lunar cycle, and/or days of the week. The participants (15 women using oral contraceptives, 12 normally cycling women, and 15 men), who did not know the purpose of the study, recorded the pleasantness, arousal, and stability of their moods daily for 70 days (concurrent data). Later th…
Placing Premenstrual Syndrome in Perspective
In a longitudinal prospective study, mood fluctuations were assessed for evidence of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) as well as other menstrual, day of week, and lunar cyclicity. Volunteer participants from the community (60 women and 10 men) provided daily data for 12 to 18 weeks. Significant mood fluctuation was determined by a new nonparametric method using each individual's own standard deviation as a measure of “marked” change. Cyclicity was the…
Implications of a Natural Experiment in the Developed World for Research on Television in the Developing World
Three Canadian communities were studied, just before and two years after the inception of television reception in one of them. Some implications of the results of this natural experiment for research on television in the developing world are described in this article. The advantages of behavioral measures over ratings and potential bias in ratings due to sex role or other (e.g., racial) stereotypes are discussed, as are problems in conceptualizin…
How and What Do Children Learn From Television
The paper provides a review and critical synthesis of research and theory dealing with the processes involved in children's learning from television. It asks how and what children learn from television, and at what ages television is a more or less powerful teacher. The focus is on assessing evidence that television can play a positive teaching role. It is suggested that a threshold model may be more appropriate than a linear model for evaluating…
Implications of a Natural Experiment in the Developed World for Research on Television in the Developing World
Three Canadian communities were studied, just before and two years after the inception of television reception in one of them. Some implications of the results of this natural experiment for research on television in the developing world are described in this article. The advantages of behavioral measures over ratings and potential bias in ratings due to sex role or other (e.g., racial) stereotypes are discussed, as are problems in conceptualizin…
The impact of television
Transition to motherhood
A prospective longitudinal study assessed the development of the mother-child relationship within the context of other important aspects of transition to parenthood. In the prenatal phase, 238 women who were 8 months pregnant with their first child completed a set of questionnaires. At 1 month post-partum, 165 of these women completed a second set of questionnaires, and a subset of 86 were observed for 1 hour at home with their infants. When thei…
Mood Fluctuations
Mood fluctuations in women and men were studied both prospectively and retrospectively to determine whether cyclic changes occur over phases of the menstrual cycle, lunar cycle, and/or days of the week. The participants (15 women using oral contraceptives, 12 normally cycling women, and 15 men), who did not know the purpose of the study, recorded the pleasantness, arousal, and stability of their moods daily for 70 days (concurrent data). Later th…
Placing Premenstrual Syndrome in Perspective
In a longitudinal prospective study, mood fluctuations were assessed for evidence of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) as well as other menstrual, day of week, and lunar cyclicity. Volunteer participants from the community (60 women and 10 men) provided daily data for 12 to 18 weeks. Significant mood fluctuation was determined by a new nonparametric method using each individual's own standard deviation as a measure of “marked” change. Cyclicity was the…
Infant Development and Supplemental Care
Researchers concerned with development in infancy and early childhood have tended to ask basic or applied questions, but not both. The same issues have been salient to people in the basic and applied fields, but because researchers have been working from different perspectives, there has been relatively little cross-fertilization. As a vehicle for facilitating integration, a contrasting analysis of basic and applied research on several problemati…
Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Media, Gender, and Advertising (2 works) · Menstrual cycle (2 works) · Menstrual Health and Disorders (2 works)