In July, I notified the list that I had put a paper on my web titled
"Performance as Intervention: Performer as Interventionist." That paper has
been accepted for publication and will appear as the lead article in the
January 2005 issue of Performance Improvement, the monthly journal of the
International Society for Performance & Improvement. The paper presents a
PCT-based view of performance and performer so y'all might want to make sure
I'm not misrepresenting PCT. The link to the article is immediately below.
http://home.att.net/~essays/PerformanceasIntervention.pdf
The article is a nice piece, even if I did write it myself but it is no big
deal and there are other, more prestigious journals. What does make this
noteworthy for CSG folks is that ISPI is the successor organization to NSPI
which used to stand for the National Society for Programmed Instruction.
Ol' B.F. Skinner himself was associated with NSPI in its early years and
came around once in a while for many years after. Although it's changed a
great deal over the years, it's still a hangout for what used to be called
"radical behaviorists" (translation: I'm a hard-nosed behaviorist through
and through and there ain't no changin' my mind about nothin' ). They're
not as radical or as hard-nosed as they once were but there is still a
strong strain of behaviorism running through ISPI. It's encouraging to see
them publish something that offers a view of human behavior and performance
that, without saying so, is at odds with the behaviorist point of view that
permeates ISPI.
Regards,
Fred Nickols, CPT
Distance Consulting
"Assistance at a Distance"
nickols@att.net
www.nickols.us
[From Rick Marken (2004.08.11.1400)]
Fred Nickols wrote:
In July, I notified the list that I had put a paper on my web titled
"Performance as Intervention: Performer as Interventionist." That paper has
been accepted for publication and will appear as the lead article in the
January 2005 issue of Performance Improvement, the monthly journal of the
International Society for Performance & Improvement. The paper presents a
PCT-based view of performance and performer so y'all might want to make sure
I'm not misrepresenting PCT. The link to the article is immediately below.
http://home.att.net/~essays/PerformanceasIntervention.pdf
...
Congratulations, Fred. This is great news. I will announce this (and some
other news) at the CSG site as soon as I can access it again. I can't seem
to get to the CSG server from any of the machines to which I have access.
However, the CSG site will soon be moved to a new server, which I can access
more readily, and I will announce publication of your paper as soon as the
new CSG location is in operation.
I have a bit of fun news myself, which I guess I'll announce here since I
can't do it at the CSG site. I was interviewed about a month ago regarding a
"dog catching Frisbee" study that was done by some of the people I now know
interviewer (from a publication called _Health Day_) to me; I don't know how
else he would have found me. The article was published a couple weeks ago
and I was quoted in it. I think I managed to get one PCT oriented sentence
into the article. The article was picked up by the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution where you can read it at:
http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/brai/520084.html
The interviewer was very nice and seemed very interested in the subject. I
was trying to help him understand what the research showed, from my
perspective. I think a lot of the quotes are his own paraphrases of what I
was saying. Nevertheless, I think it came out OK. I'm always afraid of what
the press can do to distort one's meaning but in this case I think they did
OK.
Best
Rick
···
from my "catching fly balls" modeling work. Apparently, they referred the
--
Richard S. Marken
MindReadings.com
Home: 310 474 0313
Cell: 310 729 1400
From Dick Robertson,2004.07.11.1725CDT
Congrats Fred
···
From: Fred Nickols nickols@WORLDNET.ATT.NET
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 3:14 pm
Subject: Accepted for Publication
In July, I notified the list that I had put a paper on my web titled
“Performance as Intervention: Performer as Interventionist.” That
paper has
been accepted for publication and will appear as the lead article
in the
January 2005 issue of Performance Improvement, the monthly journal
of the
International Society for Performance & Improvement. The paper
presents a
PCT-based view of performance and performer so y’all might want to
make sure
I’m not misrepresenting PCT. The link to the article is
immediately below.
http://home.att.net/~essays/PerformanceasIntervention.pdf
The article is a nice piece, even if I did write it myself but it
is no big
deal and there are other, more prestigious journals. What does
make this
noteworthy for CSG folks is that ISPI is the successor
organization to NSPI
which used to stand for the National Society for Programmed
Instruction.Ol’ B.F. Skinner himself was associated with NSPI in
its early years and
came around once in a while for many years after. Although it’s
changed a
great deal over the years, it’s still a hangout for what used to
be called
“radical behaviorists” (translation: I’m a hard-nosed behaviorist
throughand through and there ain’t no changin’ my mind about
nothin’ ). They’re
not as radical or as hard-nosed as they once were but there is
still a
strong strain of behaviorism running through ISPI. It’s
encouraging to see
them publish something that offers a view of human behavior and
performancethat, without saying so, is at odds with the
behaviorist point of view that
permeates ISPI.
Regards,
Fred Nickols, CPT
Distance Consulting
“Assistance at a Distance”
nickols@att.net
www.nickols.us
[From Dick Robertson,2004.08.11.1735CDT]
···
From: Richard Marken marken@MINDREADINGS.COM
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 4:04 pm
Subject: Re: Accepted for Publication
[From Rick Marken (2004.08.11.1400)]
Fred Nickols wrote:
In July, I notified the list that I had put a paper on my web titled
“Performance as Intervention: Performer as Interventionist.”
That paper has
been accepted for publication and will appear as the lead
article in the
January 2005 issue of Performance Improvement, the monthly
journal of the
Saw it. Looks really good.
http://home.att.net/~essays/PerformanceasIntervention.pdf
And Congratulations, to you too, Rick for being cited in the news!
I will announce this (and some other news) at the CSG site as soon as I can access it again. I
can’t seem to get to the CSG server from any of the machines to which I have
access.However, the CSG site will soon be moved to a new server,
which I can access more readily, and I will announce publication of your paper as
soon as the > new CSG location is in operation.
Great and please don’t forget to add a link to my new website www.PCTman.com
[From Bill Powers (2004.08.11.1632 MDT)]
Fred Nickols(2004.08.11)--
···
At 02:14 PM 8/11/2004, you wrote:
In July, I notified the list that I had put a paper on my web titled
"Performance as Intervention: Performer as Interventionist." That paper has
been accepted
That is a very good article, perfectly clear and to the point. It has many
subtleties that a reader will grasp on the second or third reading (control
of perception? What? Oh!". I know you worked long and hard on it, and the
result is admirable.
Best,
Bill P.
Phil Runkel replying to Rick Marken's posting of 11 Aug at about 2 PM.
I agree that the interviewer did pretty well in paraphrsing you and the
other guy. Good. --Phil