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Mixing Methods in Psychology: The Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Theory and Practice
by Brigitte Nerlich Zazie Todd Suzanne McKeowan David D. ClarkeCan qualitative and quantitative methods be combined effectively in psychology? What are the practical and theoretical issues involved? Should different criteria be used to judge qualitative and quantitative research?The acceptance of qualitative research methods in psychology has lead to a split between qualitative and quantitative methods and has raised questions about how best to assess the validity of research practice. While the two approaches have traditionally been seen as competing paradigms, more recently, researchers have begun to argue that the divide is artificial.Mixing Methods in Psychology looks in detail at the problems involved in attempting to reconcile qualitative and quantitative methods both within and across subjects. All angles of the debate are discussed, covering areas asdiverse as health, education, social, clinical and economic psychology. The contributors, who are some of the leading figures in the field, present theoretical and methodological guidance as well as practical examples of how quantitative and qualitative methods can be fruitfully combined. By aiming to bridge the gap between the two methods, this book reveals how each can inform the other to produce more accurate theories and models of human behaviour.This groundbreaking text will be essential reading for students and researchers wishing to combine methods, or for anyone who simply wants to get a better understanding of the debate.
Mixing Minds
by Jeremy D. Safran Pilar Jennings"We cannot find ourselves, or be ourselves, alone." - from Mixing Minds Mixing Minds explores the interpersonal relationships between psychoanalysts and their patients, and Buddhist teachers and their students. Through the author's own personal journey in both traditions, she sheds light on how these contrasting approaches to wellness affect our most intimate relationships. These dynamic relationships provide us with keen insight into the emotional ups and downs of our lives - from fear and anxiety to love, compassion, and equanimity. Mixing Minds delves into the most intimate of relationships and shows us how these relationships are the key to the realization of our true selves.
Miénteme... si te atreves: Claves para detectar la mentira y potenciar tu credibilidad
by José Luis Martín Ovejero«Yo no he sido», «no pasa nada», «te lo juro»... Los humanos mentimos y con frecuencia. En este libro, el experto en comunicación no verbal JOSÉ LUIS MARTÍN OVEJEROte da las claves para que la próxima vez que lo intenten puedas estar alerta. ¿Quieres descubrir las las señales de la mentira? No te dejes engañar. ¡Vive con ventaja! Cuando las personas mienten o no confían en lo que cuentan, se comunican de manera diferente y tanto su lenguaje como su cuerpo pueden delatarlas. Lo mejor de todo es que no son conscientes, no lo pueden evitar. Sin la preparación adecuada, nuestra capacidad de detectar la falta de honestidad es puro azar. Conocer los indicadores concretos de engaño y la detección de la mentira es fundamental a la hora de elevar los índices de éxito en esta misión. Y el propósito de este libro es que puedas identificarlos. No importa tu profesión, saber cuándo alguien miente puede resultarte de gran utilidad en todas las facetas de tu vida. Los lectores han dicho de Tú habla, que yo te leo:«Con ilustraciones, imágenes de personajes relevantes de distintos ámbitos y escrito de una manera conversacional, parece que estás asistiendo a una de sus clases y que te lo está explicando solo a ti». «Definitivamente, José Luis Martín Ovejero ha creado un gran libro que consigue engancharte desde el principio». «Un libro magnífico pero, sobre todo, una herramienta perfecta para dejar de caminar "a ciegas" en la vida. Me dedico a los RRHH y a la comunicación, por lo que este libro se convierte, para mí, en un auténtico tesoro». «Un imprescindible para leer lo que los demás no te dicen con palabras».
Mnemonology: Mnemonics for the 21st Century (Essays in Cognitive Psychology)
by James B. Worthen R. Reed HuntThis book bridges the gap between basic memory research and mnemonic applications through a careful analysis of the processes that underlie effective memory aids. The book traces the history of mnemonics, examines popular techniques, and discusses the current relevance of mnemonics to both psychological researchers and those seeking to improve their memory. Using a unique approach (termed "mnemonology"), the authors seek not necessarily to promote specific mnemonic techniques, but to provide information which will allow one to improve memory by creating their own mnemonics.
Mob Control: Models of Threshold Collective Behavior
by Vladimir V. Breer Dmitry A. Novikov Andrey D. RogatkinThis book presents mathematical models of mob control with threshold (conformity) collective decision-making of the agents. Based on the results of analysis of the interconnection between the micro- and macromodels of active network structures, it considers the static (deterministic, stochastic and game-theoretic) and dynamic (discrete- and continuous-time) models of mob control, and highlights models of informational confrontation. Many of the results are applicable not only to mob control problems, but also to control problems arising in social groups, online social networks, etc. Aimed at researchers and practitioners, it is also a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as doctoral candidates specializing in the field of collective behavior modeling.
Mobbing am Arbeitsplatz erkennen und verstehen: Tipps für verantwortliches Handeln im BGM (essentials)
by Carsten BurfeindIn diesem essential gibt Carsten Burfeind einen Überblick über alle relevanten Aspekte des komplexen Geschehens „Mobbing am Arbeitsplatz“. Es wird deutlich, dass die Reduktion psychischer Belastungen die beste Mobbingprävention darstellt, denn Stress fördert Mobbing und Mobbing stresst, und dass der Schutz der Betroffenen Vorrang vor anderen betrieblichen Maßnahmen hat. Das Buch enthält Tipps und Hinweise für verantwortliches Handeln im konkreten Mobbingfall und gibt den Leserinnen und Lesern Handlungsempfehlungen für eine betriebliche Konflikt- und Mobbingprävention.
Mobbing an Schulen: Maßnahmen zur Prävention, Intervention und Nachsorge
by Matthias Böhmer Georges SteffgenMobbing stellt an Schulen ein weit verbreitetes Problem dar. Dieses Buch liefert zum einen aktuelle Erklärungsansätze für das Phänomen Mobbing an Schulen. Es wird aufgezeigt, dass Mobbing nicht nur zwischen Opfern und Tätern stattfindet, sondern dass in der Regel alle Mitglieder einer Schulklasse beteiligt sein können. Entsprechend wird beschrieben, welche Folgen Mobbing für alle Beteiligte haben kann. Zum anderen werden allgemeine Präventions- und Interventionsansätze beschrieben sowie elf Anti-Mobbing-Programme detailliert vorgestellt. Einen besonderen Fokus richtet das Buch auf Mobbingnachsorgekonzepte sowie praxisbezogene Exkurse von ausgewiesenen Experten.
Mobbing in der Schule: Anfälligkeit, Marginalisierung und Viktimisierung von Jugendlichen
by Anthony A. Peguero Jun Sung HongDieses Buch untersucht die damit verbundenen Erfahrungen mit Mobbing und Gewalt in der Schule bei gefährdeten und marginalisierten Jugendlichen. Es erörtert die Auswirkungen von Diversität und Ungleichheiten in den Erfahrungen von Jugendlichen mit Mobbing. Dazu gehören sozioökonomischer und sozialer Status, familiärer Zusammenhalt und Interaktionen, Geschlecht, sexuelle Orientierung, Geschlechtsidentität und -ausdruck, Rasse, ethnische Zugehörigkeit, Einwanderung, Religion sowie Behinderungen und besondere gesundheitliche Bedürfnisse. Das Buch beschreibt die Art und Weise, wie ein sozial-ökologischer Rahmen über das Problem informieren und Mobbing an Schulen angehen kann. Es befasst sich nicht nur mit den individuellen, intrapersonellen und umweltbedingten Faktoren von Mobbing, sondern erörtert auch Faktoren auf der distalen Ebene und Bedingungen, die speziell fürJugendliche relevant sind (z. B. Kultur und Recht). Darüber hinaus kontextualisiert dieser Band relevante Mehrebenenfaktoren, die die Viktimisierung durch Mobbing bei gefährdeten und historisch marginalisierten Kindern und Jugendlichen, die mit einer kumulativen sozialen Schichtung konfrontiert sind, fördern oder verhindern.Zu den wichtigsten Themenbereichen gehören:· Die Rolle der Familie (Eltern und Erziehungsberechtigte, Geschwister) - ihr Zusammenhalt und ihre Interaktionen - bei Mobbing in der Schule.· Rasse, ethnische Zugehörigkeit, Einwanderung und Religion sowie Mobbing in der Schule bei marginalisierten und gefährdeten Jugendlichen.· Viktimisierung von Schülern mit körperlichen, emotionalen und Lernstörungen.· Mobbing und Viktimisierung gefährdeter Jugendlicher in den Gerichtssystemen.Mobbing in der Schule ist ein unverzichtbares Hilfsmittel für Forscher, Kliniker und andere Praktiker, Studenten und politische Entscheidungsträger in Disziplinen wie Kinder- und Schulpsychologie, Sozialarbeit und Beratung, Pädiatrie und Schulpflege, Bildungspolitik und Politik sowie in allen miteinander verbundenen Disziplinen.
Mobile Brain-Body Imaging and the Neuroscience of Art, Innovation and Creativity (Springer Series on Bio- and Neurosystems #10)
by Jose L. Contreras-Vidal Chang S. Nam Dario Robleto Jesus G. Cruz-Garza José M. AzorínMobile Brain–Body Imaging and the Neuroscience of Art, Innovation and Creativity is a trans-disciplinary, collective, multimedia collaboration that critically uncovers the challenges and opportunities for transformational and innovative research and performance at the nexus of art, science and engineering. This book addresses a set of universal and timeless questions with a profound impact on the human condition: How do the creative arts and aesthetic experiences engage the brain and mind and promote innovation?How do arts–science collaborations employ aesthetics as a means of problem-solving and thereby create meaning?How can the creative arts and neuroscience advance understanding of individuality and social cognition, improve health and promote life-long learning?How are neurotechnologies changing science and artistic expression?How are the arts and citizen science innovating neuroscience studies, informal learning and outreach in the public sphere?Emerging from the 2016 and 2017 International Conferences on Mobile Brain–Body Imaging and the Neuroscience of Art, Innovation and Creativity held in Cancun, Mexico and Valencia, Spain to explore these topics, this book intertwines disciplines and investigates not only their individual products—art and data—but also something more substantive and unique; the international pool of contributors reveals something larger about humanity by revealing the state of the art in collaboration between arts and sciences and providing an investigational roadmap projected from recent advances.Mobile Brain–Body Imaging and the Neuroscience of Art, Innovation and Creativity is written for academic researchers, professionals working in industrial and clinical centers, independent researchers and artists from the performing arts, and other readers interested in understanding emergent innovations at the nexus of art, science, engineering, medicine and the humanities. The book contains language, design features (illustrations, diagrams) to develop a conversational bridge between the disciplines involved supplemented by access to video, artistic presentations and the results of a hackathon from the MoBI conferences.
Mobile Learning
by Gunther Kress Norbert Pachler Ben Bachmair John CookAs with television and computers before it, today's mobile technology challenges educators to respond and ensure their work is relevant to students. What's changed is that this portable, cross-contextual way of engaging with the world is driving a more proactive approach to learning on the part of young people. The first full-length authored treatment of the relationship between the centrality of technological development in daily life and its potential as a means of education, Mobile Learning charts the rapid emergence of new forms of mass communication and their potential for gathering, shaping, and analyzing information, studying their transformative capability and learning potential in the contexts of school and socio-cultural change. The focus is on mobile/cell phones, PDAs, and to a lesser extent gaming devices and music players, not as "the next new thing" but meaningfully integrated into education, without objectifying the devices or technology itself. And the book fully grounds readers by offering theoretical and conceptual models, an analytical framework for understanding the issues, recommendations for specialized resources, and practical examples of mobile learning in formal as well as informal educational settings, particularly with at-risk students. Among the topics covered: * Core issues in mobile learning * Mobile devices as educational resources * Socioeconomic approaches to mobile learning * Creating situations that promote mobile learning * Ubiquitous mobility and its implications for pedagogy * Bridging the digital divide at the policy level Mobile Learning is a groundbreaking volume, sure to stimulate both discussion and innovation among educational professionals interested in technology in the context of teaching and learning.
Mobile Lenses on Learning: Languages and Literacies on the Move
by Mark PegrumThis book explores mobile learning as a form of learning particularly suited to our ever more mobile world, presenting a new conceptualisation of the value of mobile devices in education through the metaphor of lenses on learning. With a principal focus on mobile-assisted language learning (MALL), it draws on insights derived from MALL language, literacy and cultural projects to illustrate the possibilities inherent in all mobile learning.In its broad sweep the book takes in new and emerging technologies and tools from robots to holograms, virtual reality to augmented reality, and smart glasses to embeddable chips, considering their potential impact on education and, indeed, on human society and the planet as a whole. While not shying away from discussing the risks, it demonstrates that, handled appropriately, mobile, context-aware technologies allow educators to build on the personalised and collaborative learning facilitated by web 2.0 and social media, but simultaneously to go much further in promoting authentic learning experiences grounded in real-world encounters. In this way, teachers can better prepare students to face a global, mobile future, with all of its evolving possibilities and challenges.
Mobile Media In and Outside of the Art Classroom: Attending to Identity, Spatiality, and Materiality
by Juan Carlos CastroThis edited volume explores a range of educational effects on student learning that resulted from a long-term study using a creative visual arts curriculum designed for mobile media (smartphones and tablets) and used in art classrooms. The curriculum, entitled MonCoin, a French phrase meaning My Corner, was initially designed and piloted in a Montreal area school for at-risk youth in 2012. Since then, it has been refined, deployed, and researched across secondary schools from a range of socio-cultural educational contexts. This book is comprised of contributions from researchers and practitioners associated with the MonCoin project who address critical insights gleaned from our study, such as the social context of teen mobile media use; curriculum theory and design; influences of identity on creative practice; and specific strategies for creative applications of mobile media in schools. The purpose of this edited book is to offer art education researchers and teachers innovative curriculum for mobile media and the networked conditions that influence identity, space, and practice with and through this ubiquitous technology.
Mobile Media Use Among Children and Youth in Asia (Mobile Communication in Asia: Local Insights, Global Implications)
by Andrew Zi Han YeeThis book examines mobile media use among children and youths within an Asian context. By studying the impact of mobile media on children and youth in Asia, it focuses on the explosive growth of mobile media among young people and seeks to understand the potential consequences of mobile media use on society, relationships, and what it means to be a young person. With this, it provides a richly contextualized Asian voice to research on mobile media and young people, enriching the global conversation surrounding an increasingly central aspect of youths’ everyday lives. Research on mobile media and its impact on children and youths in Asia is not thoroughly represented, despite the proliferation of smartphone and tablet use in the region. This volume fills this gap by canvassing contemporary research on mobile media, children, and youth in Asia through the perspectives of emerging scholars in the region and beyond. It promotes an understanding of the motivations and patterns of use by children and youth in the region, examines contemporary research on the antecedents and consequences of mobile media use on society, relationships, and the individual, and provides a critique of mobile media use among children and youth. The volume also provides a culturally sensitive examination of mobile media use among children and youth, describing and analyzing policies enacted to manage young people’s smartphone use. It acknowledges Asia as a large and diverse region with differing linguistic, cultural, and sociopolitical traditions and contexts, and so the work does, as far as possible, look to ensure geographic and cultural diversity by prioritizing works from countries that are typically underrepresented. It is a relevant text to graduates and researchers in communication and media studies, social and developmental psychology, human development studies, science and technology, information systems, and design science.
Mobile Persuasion Design
by Aaron MarcusMobile Persuasion Design presents ten conceptual design projects (or 'Machines') for new mobile application's (smartphone or tablet with Web portals) that combine theories of persuasion and information design to change people's behaviour. Areas such as the environment, health, learning and happiness are explored, looking at ways of marrying people's wants and needs to make simple, usable and desirable mobile applications. A user-centred design approach has been used, adopting user experience (UX) methods, in-depth case studies and market analysis to see what a modern user needs from their mobile application. By applying concepts like persuasion theory and information architecture, try to find ways to satisfy these needs and positively change their user habits. In 2011, the Green, Health, and Money Machines won design awards in an international competition hosted by the International Institute for Information Design, Vienna.
Mobile Selves: Race, Migration, and Belonging in Peru and the U.S. (Social Transformations in American Anthropology #3)
by Ulla D. BergAn explanation of how Peruvian migrants maintain meaningful social relations across borders.In this engaging volume, Ulla D. Berg examines the conditions under which Peruvians of rural and working-class origins leave the central highlands to migrate to the United States. Migrants often create new portrayals of themselves to overcome the class and racial biases that they had faced in their home country, as well as to control the images they share of themselves with others back home. Migrant videos, for example, which document migrants’ lives for family back home, are often sanitized to avoid causing worry. By exploring the ways in which migration is mediated between the Peruvian Andes and the United States, this book makes a major contribution to understanding technology’s role in fostering new forms of migrant sociality and subjectivity. It focuses on the forms of sociality and belonging that these mediations enable, adding to important anthropological debates about affect, subjectivity, and sociality in today’s mobile world. It also makes significant contributions to studies of inequality in Latin America, showcasing the intersection of transnational mobility with structures and processes of exclusion in both national and global contexts. A key resource for understanding the experiences of racialized and indigenous migrant populations, Mobile Selves demonstrates the critical role that ethnography can play in transdisciplinary migration studies and exemplifies what comparative migration studies stand to gain from anthropological analysis and ethnographic methodologies.
Mobility in Context: Principles of Patient Care Skills
by Charity Johansson Susan A. ChinworthMaximize patient care skills Rely on this state-of-the-art, multimedia resource to help you navigate confidently in both common and complex clinical situations. Mastering patient care skills will ground you in fundamental rehabilitation principles; help you establish a culture of patient-centered care; and teach you to foster habits of clinical problem solving and critical thinking. You'll also learn how to help your patients progress toward greater mobility and independence. Over 750 full-color photographs and illustrations make every concept crystal clear. See the techniques in action Fifty-five full-color narrated video clips online at DavisPlus show you clinicians and patients performing key techniques described in the text.
Modal Integrative Psychotherapy: A Logical Integration of Psychotherapy
by Aleksandar FaticThe book addresses the growing interconnectedness between philosophical counseling and traditional psychotherapy. It explores the organic links between core philosophical concepts and theories, and the corresponding problems and theories in psychotherapy. Aleksandar Fatic focuses on the use of modal logic as a foundation for psychotherapy within the proposed Modal Integrative Psychotherapy model. The book functions both as a research work and a manual for the development and application of integrative psychotherapy, viewed through the lens of philosophical counseling and the exploration of the logical underpinnings of psychotherapy as its conceptual foundation.
Model Programs and Their Components
by James A Rivaldo Ph.D. Stevanne AuerbachModel Programs and Components focuses on the planning and implementation of model programs and presents necessary steps to achieve a comprehensive and practical service to the community including health, food, social, and psychological services and documents local experiences in Appalachia, California, Colorado and Oregon. Foreword by Congressman John Brademas, former President of New York University. Contributors include James A. Levine, Helen L. Gordon, Jean H. Berman, Kathleen B. Latham, Kay Martin, Mary Millman, Mary W.Vlack, Ramon D. Blatt, Paul T. Barnes, Dr. Ann De Huff Peters, Dr. Susan S Aronson, Marilyn Chow, Dorothy N. Shack, David Brown, Keith R. Alward, Linda Regele-Sinclair, Christoph M, Heinicke, Dr. David Friedman, Dr. Elizabeth Prescott, Conchita Puncel, and June Solnit Sale.
Model Programs in Child and Family Mental Health
by Michael C. RobertsThis volume is the product of a combined effort to find programs of service delivery that demonstrably treat the varieties of mental health problems of children and their families. The Section on Clinical Child Psychology (APA, Clinical Psychology Section I) and the Division of Child, Youth, and Family Services (APA, Division 37) established a task force whose mission was to identify, provide recognition for, and disseminate information on such programs. Their findings are presented here. The opening chapter and each section overview chapter provide orientations to the program descriptions and examine characteristics of exemplary interventions. The targeted problems include: child abuse and neglect, school adjustment problems, social problem-solving problems, autism and developmental disabilities, conduct disorders and severe emotional problems, children affected by disasters and trauma, children whose parents are divorced, children of teenage parents, family dysfunction and parent-child relationships, oppositional defiant disorder, and attention deficit disorder. Settings for interventions in the model programs include: schools, mental health centers and family guidance clinics, hospitals and pediatric practices, group homes and sheltered workshops, community centers, family homes, summer camps, and coordinated systems of care. The 18 programs described demonstrate the rationale for their interventions, their targeted populations, the type of staff and personnel, various programmatic interventions, aspects of the problems, implementation of interventions, and how the programs have been evaluated. The needs for improved mental health services remain strong. The supporting organizations and the members of the Task Force intend for the product of this project to be helpful in providing models for meeting those needs.
Model Systems and the Neurobiology of Associative Learning: A Festschrift in Honor of Richard F. Thompson
by Mark A. Gluck Joseph E. Steinmetz Paul R. SolomonThis volume contains a collection of papers written by former students, postdoctoral fellows, and colleagues of Richard Thompson and represent written versions of papers presented at the Festschrift symposium. The Festschrift provided an excellent opportunity for the participants to recount their memories and experiences of working with one of the leading figures in behavioral neuroscience, and to place their current research in the context of earlier research conducted in the Thompson laboratory. As a Festschrift volume, the various chapters contain numerous and sometimes very personal references to Richard Thompson's influence on the careers of the authors, as well as summaries of past and present work being conducted in the authors' laboratories. Part I includes studies of spinal cord plasticity and the involvement of the hippocampus and related structure in classical eyeblink conditioning. Part II explores the critical role of the cerebellum and associated areas in classical eyeblink conditioning. Part III focuses on a continued exploration of the involvement of the cerebellum in classical eyeblink conditioning using standard procedures as well as innovative molecular biology and genetic techniques. It also includes studies aimed at delineating modulatory influences on learning such as stress and hormonal factors. The incredible influence that Richard Thompson has had on the fields of experimental psychology and neuroscience should be evident on reading the contributions made by the various authors to this volume. The research conducted in Thompson's laboratory over the years has been cutting-edge, comprehensive, and influential. Therefore, this volume is dedicated to Richard F. Thompson a productive, innovative scientist and outstanding mentor.
Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology: Inferential Models for Logic, Language, Cognition and Computation (Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics #49)
by Lorenzo Magnani Ángel Nepomuceno-Fernández Francisco J. Salguero-Lamillar Cristina Barés-Gómez Matthieu FontaineThis book discusses how scientific and other types of cognition make use of models, abduction, and explanatory reasoning in order to produce important and innovative changes in theories and concepts. Gathering revised contributions presented at the international conference on Model-Based Reasoning (MBR18), held on October 24–26 2018 in Seville, Spain, the book is divided into three main parts. The first focuses on models, reasoning, and representation. It highlights key theoretical concepts from an applied perspective, and addresses issues concerning information visualization, experimental methods, and design. The second part goes a step further, examining abduction, problem solving, and reasoning. The respective papers assess different types of reasoning, and discuss various concepts of inference and creativity and their relationship with experimental data. In turn, the third part reports on a number of epistemological and technological issues. By analyzing possible contradictions in modern research and describing representative case studies, this part is intended to foster new discussions and stimulate new ideas. All in all, the book provides researchers and graduate students in the fields of applied philosophy, epistemology, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence alike with an authoritative snapshot of the latest theories and applications of model-based reasoning.
Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology: Theoretical and Cognitive Issues
by Lorenzo MagnaniThis book contains contributions presented during the international conference on Model-Based Reasoning (MBR´012), held on June 21-23 in Sestri Levante, Italy. Interdisciplinary researchers discuss in this volume how scientific cognition and other kinds of cognition make use of models, abduction, and explanatory reasoning in order to produce important or creative changes in theories and concepts. Some of the contributions analyzed the problem of model-based reasoning in technology and stressed the issues of scientific and technological innovation. The book is divided in three main parts: models, mental models, representations; abduction, problem solving and practical reasoning; historical, epistemological and technological issues. The volume is based on the papers that were presented at the international
Model-Based Reasoning, Abductive Cognition, Creativity: Inferences and Models in Science, Logic, Language, and Technology (Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics #70)
by Emiliano Ippoliti Lorenzo Magnani Selene ArfiniThis book discusses how scientific and other types of cognition make use of models, abduction, and explanatory reasoning in order to produce important, innovative, and possibly creative changes in theories and concepts. Gathering revised contributions presented at the international conference on Model-Based Reasoning (MBR023), held on June 7–9, 2023 in Rome, Italy, the book addresses various intertwined topics ranging from the epistemology and applications of models also concerning the problem of knowledge production and scientific methodology (information visualization, experimental methods, and design) to the analysis of their role in cognition, decision-making, also with respect to social implications. The problem of model-based cognition is also illustrated taking advantage of recent results regarding problem-solving, abduction, and logic, paying attention to a critique of the dominant and received approaches, to the aim of fostering new discussions and stimulate new ideas. All in all, the book provides researchers and graduate students in the fields of applied philosophy, epistemology, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence alike with an authoritative snapshot of the latest theories and applications of model-based reasoning.
Modeling Contextual Effects in Longitudinal Studies
by Todd D. Little Noel A. Card James A. BovairdThis volume reviews the challenges and alternative approaches to modeling how individuals change across time and provides methodologies and data analytic strategies for behavioral and social science researchers. This accessible guide provides concrete, clear examples of how contextual factors can be included in most research studies. Each chapter c
Modeling Creativity and Knowledge-Based Creative Design
by John S. Gero Mary Lou MaherOver the last decade research into design processes utilizing ideas and models drawn from artificial intelligence has resulted in a better understanding of design -- particularly routine design -- as a process. Indeed, most of the current research activity directly or indirectly deals only with routine design. Not surprisingly, many practicing designers state that the level of understanding represented by these models is only of mild interest because they fail to embody any ideas about creativity. This volume provides a set of chapters in the areas of modeling creativity and knowledge-based creative design that examines the potential role and form of computer-aided design which supports creativity. It aims to define the state-of-the-art of computational creativity in design as well as to identify research directions. Published at a time when the field of computational creativity in design is still immature, it should influence the directions of growth and assist the field in reaching maturity.