The concept of appraisal is one of the most widely used concepts in Descriptive Psychology . However, it. has appeared to be a rather slippery notion. In part, this appearance reflects an insufficiently precise placement of the concept within the overall conceptual structure . In turn, the placement problem reflects...
The idea of three-minute lectures comes from a formulation of what we call 'conversational formats' in psychotherapy. Conversational formats are simply different sorts of conventions, you might say, about what's going on in a conversation. In psychotherapy, you do it primarily in an ordinary conversational format, and you would be...
First let me review for you what a three-minute lecture is. You may recall, in Clinical Topics, one of the sections connected with the elements that go into psychotherapy is called 'conversational formats', and some of the items under 'conversational formats' are (1) ordinary conversation, (2) soliloquy, (3) provocation elicits...
The concept of appraisal is one of the most widely used concepts in Descriptive Psychology. However, it has appeared to be a rather slippery notion. In part, this appearance reflects an insufficiently precise placement of the concept within the overall conceptual structure. In turn, the placement problem reflects the fact...
Had the social construction of psychological science been different in the 1950's and 1960's there would have been no need for a separate discipline of Descriptive Psychology. However, in fact there was such a need and in fact Descriptive Psychology was evolved. The present essay is in part a summary...
The Deficit Model of pathology is presented in contrast to the traditional Medical Model and Behavioral Model. The structure of the Deficit Model as a Descriptive-Psychology formulation is given in some detail. Explanations of pathology are contrasted with the concept of pathology itself. The social, normative, judgmental, and relativistic aspects...
Judgment Space Methodology in Behavior Pattern Indexing Judgment space methods are applied to the problem of identifying, distinguishing, and automatically processing descriptions of behavior patterns which are of interest to criminal justice agencies. This methodology provides continuous, quantitative indexing in contrast to the traditional discrete, qualitative indexing. It offers the...
This paper addresses the general character of decision making, decision problems, and the resultant possibilities for decision aids, as well as factors which limit their applicability and usefulness. A general program for the systematic development of decision aids is outlined.
The present section provides a different sort of access to the Person Concept, with emphasis on the concepts of Person and Behavior, particularly in relation to the reality concepts and specifically excluding reference to verbal behavior. This access is given by a set of related mottoes, or maxims. These maxims...