ISBN:
9780080092379
,
0080092373
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Decisions, Values and Groups : Reports from the First Interdisciplinary Conference in the Behavioral Science Division Held at the University of New Mexico
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Social psychology Congresses
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Decision making Congresses Mathematical models
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Difference (Psychology) Congresses
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Human behavior Congresses
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Defense Mechanisms
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Mental Processes
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Psychology, Social
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Psychometrics
Abstract:
Decisions, Values and Groups, Volume 1 contains the proceedings of the First Interdisciplinary Conference of the Behavioral Sciences Division of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, held at the University of New Mexico in 1957. The papers explore the roles of decisions, values, and groups in the behavioral sciences and cover topics ranging from the use of mathematical models in decision making to the contribution of the laboratory to the study of individual differences. Theoretical contributions to small group research are also discussed. This book is comprised of 22 chapters and begin
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Decisions, Values and Groups; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; DECISIONS; VALUES; SMALL GROUPS; Editor's Preface; PART 1: MATHEMATICAL MODELS INDECISION PROCESSES; Chapter 1. A Perspective on Automation and Decision Making; Chapter 2. Models, Meaning and Theories; ISOMORPHISM; CONTENT AND FORM: DESCRIPTIVE AND LOGICAL WORDS; LOGICAL AND EMPIRICAL TRUTH; LAWS AND THEORIES; MODELS: ISOMORPHIC THEORIES; UNNECESSARY USES OF ""MODEL""; MODELS: ARITHMETICAL REPRESENTATIONS; ARITHMETICAL REPRESENTATION: ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY
Description / Table of Contents:
ARITHMETICAL REPRESENTATION: PROBABILITY THEORYARITHMETICAL REPRESENTATION: MEASUREMENT; ARITHMETICAL REPRESENTATION: THEORY OF GAMES; MODELS: FORMALIZATIONS; THREE MEANINGS OF ""MATHEMATICAL MODEL""; SIGNIFICANCE OF ISOMORPHISMS; MODELS, EXPLANATION, AND REDUCTION; MODELS IN PHYSICS; Chapter 3. Some Personality Correlates of Decision Making Under Conditions of Risk; DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. The Formation of Hypotheses and Styles in the Process of Solving a Logical Task; THE TASK; THE DESIGN; THE DATA; RESULTS; CRITIQUE; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 5. Stochastic Choice and Subjective ProbabilityI. INTRODUCTION; II. THE PREFERENCE STRUCTURE; III. EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; IV. FURTHER HYPOTHESES; REFERENCES; PART II: CONCEPTUALIZATIONS AND DESIGNS FOR RESEARCH IN VALUES AND EVALUATIVE PROCESSES; Chapter 6. The Contribution of the Laboratory to the Study of Individual Differences; Chapter 7. A Tentative Theory of the Structure of Conscience; A. THE LEVELS OF CONSCIENCE; B. THE ORIENTATIONS OF CONSCIENCE; C. A MEASURE OF CONSCIENCE:THE MORAL DECISIONS TEST; D. TYPES OF CONSCIENCE; E. A NOTE ON IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER RESEARCH
Description / Table of Contents:
REFERENCESChapter 8. Values in Person Cognition; PERSON COGNITION; TECHNIQUE; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Personal Values and Group Interaction; ANALYSIS; PRE-TEST; MID-TEST; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. The Organization of Microcultures; REFERENCES; PART III: THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO SMALL GROUP RESEARCH; Chapter 11. A Commentary on Small Group Research; Chapter 12. Common Fate, Similarity and other Indices of the Status of Aggregates of Persons as Social Entities; THE PERCEPTION OF ENTITIES; COMMON FATE AS A SOURCE OF BOUNDARIES; SIMILARITY AS A SOURCE OF BOUNDARIES
Description / Table of Contents:
PROXIMITY AS A CLUE FOR ENTITYREFLECTION OR RESISTANCE TO INTRUSION OF EXTERNAL ENERGY, MATTER, OR DIAGNOSTIC PROBES; INTERNAL DIFFUSION, TRANSFER, COMMUNICATION; ILLUSIONS AND MULTIPLY CONFIRMED BOUNDARIES; CONSISTENT NOMINALISM AND THE STATUS OF PSYCHOLOGY'S INDIVIDUALS AS ENTITIES; REFERENCES; Chapter 13. Seeking and Avoiding Self-evaluation by Working Individually or in Groups; METHOD; RESULTS; DISCUSSION AND FURTHER ANALYSIS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 14. Two Variables Affecting theMessage in Communication; PROCEDURE; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 15. Behavior in Groups:The Development of a Scale to Measure Individual Prominence
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Description based upon print version of record
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