Leendert P. Mos

Annals of theoretical psychology

Knowledge and Representation: The Acquisition of Knowledge in Infancy G.E. Butterworth. On Neonatal Competence: Sleepless Nights for Representational Theorists? A. Costall. From Perception to Conception J. Mandler. Reply to Commentaries G.E. Butterworth. Mechanisms of Developmental Progression L.A. Venger. Sociocultural Issues in Soviet Psychological Research J.V. Wertsch. Mechanisms for the Translation and Communication of Developmental Theory M.C. Boyes. Reply to Commentaries L.A. Venger. Theory Integration versus Theory Selection in Developmental Psychology J.J. Voneche, E. Aewschlimann. Paradigm, Paraphrase, Paralogia, Paralysis: All in the Name of Science B. Kaplan. Theory Building as Communication J.A. Meacham. Culture and Human Development: A Coconstructionist Perspective J. Valsiner Blowing Up a Growing Trend of Building a New Theory? I. Vari-Szilagyi. Human Development and the Reconstruction of Culture S. McNaughton. The Mutual Construction of Asymmetries I. Markova. Co-constructionism: What Is (and Is Not) in a Name? J. Valsiner. Index. Contents of Previous Volumes.

Theoretical advances in behavior genetics

Prologue.: The Need for unifying Theory.- Keynote Address: Genes, Molecules, Onganisms and Behavior.- Behavioral genetics and the general theory of evolution.- Molecular genetics of a stimulus-response system.- Whitakers model of peripheral and central language systems.- Genetics, speech, and language.- Culture in non-human animals.- Two-way communication between man, chimpanzee and gorilla.- References.- I Evolutionary Theory and Behavior.- The Experimental Approach to Behavioral Evolution.- Alternative approaches.- The intra-specific approach.- Natural and artificial selection.- Stabilising selection.- Directional selection.- Experimental evidence.- Applications to behavior.- A survey of the genetic architecture of animal behavior.- Early attempts.- Heritability.- Construction of the present survey.- Features of the present survey.- Conclusions from the present survey.- References.- Tables.- Comment by N. D. Henderson.- Comment by J. H. F. van Abeelen.- Comment by K. Immelmann.- Comment by D. A. Hay.- References.- Ethotogy and the. Genetic Foundation of Animal Behaviour.- The naturalistic approach.- Innate behavioral differences.- Stereotyped behavior.- Causation.- Choice of phenotypes.- Behavior genetics at the population level.- Comparative and hybridization studies.- Biometrical approaches.- Ethological barriers.- Aggressive behavior and spacing.- Phenogenetics.- Single-gene studies.- Neurophysiological correlates.- Summary and conclusions.- References.- Comment by P. L. Broadhurst.- Comment by K. Immelmann.- Comment by D. Thiessen.- Comment by A. Oliverio.- Comment by D. A. Hay.- Reply to D. A. Hay by J. H. F. van Abeelen.- References.- Genetical Constraints on Early Learning: A Perspective From Sexual Imprinting in Birds.- Sexual imprinting in Zebra Finches.- Termination of sensitive phases.- Discussion.- References.- Comment by J. L. Fuller.- Comment by P. L. Broadhurst.- Comment by J. N. Thompson, Jr.- II Molecular Biology.- A Genetic Approach to Behavioral Plasticity and Rigidity.- A comparative approach to behavioral specialization and generalization.- Brain maturity at birth and behavioral rigidity and plasticity.- A genetic approach to behavioral individuality.- Phenotypic differences at the brain and behavioral level.- A genetic approach to behavioral maturity at birth.- Behavioral rigidity and plasticity.- Conclusions - A theoretical approach to behavioral plasticity.- Summary.- References.- Comment by D. Thiessen.- Biological Trends in Behavior Genetics.- Individual differences, preadaptations and behavior.- Gene canalization of behavioral polymorphism.- The evolution of sex and variability.- Genetic variance as tools of the trade.- Differential expression of genes in behavior.- Sociobiology as a framework for behavior genetics.- Summary.- References.- Comment by J. H. F. van Abeelen.- Comment by J. R. Royce.- Comment by J. N. Thompson, Jr.- Comment by A. Oliverio.- References.- Familiar Likeness: Etiology and Function.- Environmental models of family transmission: human data.- Environmental models of cultural transmission: animal data.- Function.- Conclusions.- References.- Comment by R. E. Stafford.- Comment by S. G. Vandenberg.- Comment by J. C. Loehlin.- References.- Adaptive, Significance of animal behavior: The role of gene-environment interaction.- Genetic architecture and its relationship to natural selection.- Sampling genetic material.- Sampling dependent variables.- Sampling strategies for rearing environments.- Predicting interactions with genotype.- Conclusions.- References.- Comment by D. Wahlsten.- Comment by J. L. Fuller.- Comment by G. Whitney.- Comment by D. A. Hay.- Comment by P. L. Broadhurst.- Reply to Comments - N. D. Henderson.- References.- IV Genetic Models.- Combining Data From Different Groups in Human Behavior Genetics.- Introduction: Two strategies.- Some history: Modeling IQ.- Modeling assortative mating and errors of measurement.- An example from the Texas adoption study.- Summary and conclusions.- References.- Comment by D. W. Fulker.- References.- Some, Implications of Biometrical Genetical Analysis for Psychological Research.- Strain Studies.- Genotype-environment interactions.- Genetic correlations.- Crossbreeding, gene-action and adaptive significance.- Gene action and genotype-environment interaction.- Social interactions.- Genetic and environmental architecture of human personality.- General model.- Normal personality traits.- Schizophrenia.- Genetic and environmental factor structure.- Sex x genotype interaction.- Genetic and environmental architecture of human cognition.- Additional complexities in the general model.- Multivariate analysis of environmental influences.- Longitudinal analysis of genetic and environmental determinants of SES.- Summary.- References.- Comment by J. C. deFries.- Reply to J. C. DeFries by D. W. Fulker.- Comment by D. Hay.- Comment by J. C. Loehlin.- Reply to J. C. Loehlin by D. W. Fulker.- References.- Genetic Correlations, Environmental Correlations, and Behavior.- Quantitative genetic model.- Estimation of genetic and environmental correlations.- Behavioral examples.- Twin studies.- Animal studies.- Hawaii family study of cognition.- Factor-gene model.- Summary and conclusions.- References.- Comment by J. C. Loehlin.- Comment by A. Oliverio.- Comment by J. R. Royce.- Reply to J. C. Loehlin by J. C. Defries, A. R. Kuse, and S. G. Vandenberg.- References.- V Methodological and Conceptual Issues.- A Critique of the Concept of Heritability and Heredity in Behavioral Genetics.- The current conception of heredity and heritability.- A critique of heritability.- Confounding of heredity and environment.- Confounding of heredity and environment.- Interaction of heredity and environment.- Heritability versus plasticity.- Conclusion.- A critique of gene theory of heredity.- Historical overview.- Non-Mendelian inheritance.- Distinguishing Mendelian from non-Mendelian inheritance.- Genes and additivity of heredity and environment.- An alternative formulation of heredity.- The analysis of heredity and behavior.- Detecting variation in heredity.- The dissection of heredity.- Mendelian analysis.- Salvaging heritability.- References.- Comment by J. L. Fuller.- Comment by D. D. Thiessen.- Comment by J. C. Loehlin.- Comment by E. Caspari.- Comment by P. L. Broadhurst.- Comment by J. H. F. van Abeelen.- Comment by J. R. Royce.- Reply to comments - D. Wahlsten.- References.- The Taxonomy of Psychophenes.- Classification in the behavioral sciences.- A classification of phenotypes.- What makes a good phenotype.- Ostensible psychophenes.- Genetic variability of ostensible psychophenes.- Situational and temporal variability of ostensible psychophenes.- Inferred psychophenes.- Factor analysis.- Rating scales.- Syndromes.- Choice of psychophene and genetic analysis.- Monogenic and polygenic regulation.- Are inferred psychophenes real.- Factors, genetic communalities and environments.- Summary.- References.- Comment by J. R. Royce.- Comment by J. H. F. van Abeelen.- Comment by D. Thiessen.- Comment by P. Broadhurst.- Comment by D. Wahlsten.- Comment by D. Hay.- Reply to comments - J. L. Fuller.- References.- VI Psychological Theory.- Genetic Models, Theory of Personality and the Unification of Psychology.- Psychology as the study of organisms.- General laws and individual differences.- Personality as a natural science concept.- Theory of genetics.- Genetic models in personality research.- Genetics and psychological research.- Future uses of genetic models.- Diversity and inequality.- References.- Comment by W. J. Baker.- Reply to Baker by H. J. Eysenck.- Comment by S. G. Vandenberg.- Reply to Vandenberg by H. J. Eysenck.- Comment by D. Wahlsten.- Reply to Wahlsten by H. J. Eysenck.- Comment by J. R. Royce.- Reply to Royce by H. J. Eysenck.- References.- The, Genetics of Information Processing.- Information processing theories and methods.- Information processing and reading disability.- Information processing and aging.- Information processing and alcohol sensitivity.- An individual differences perspective on information processing.- The Hawaii study of the genetics of information processing.- Summary and conclusions.- References.- Comment by K. V. Wilson.- Comment by J. R. Royce.- Comment by J. H. F. van Abeelen.- Comment by D. Wahlsten.- References.- The Factor-Gene Basis OF Individuality.- Individuality theory.- A brief overview.- The structure of individuality.- Individuality dynamics.- The current status, prospects, and limitations of the theory.- The factor-gene model.- Factors and the problem of behavioral phenotypes.- The relationship between factors and genes.- The life-span development of factors.- The concept of heredity and environment dominant factors.- The empirical findings for each of the six systems.- The cognitive system.- The affective system.- The style system.- The value system.- The sensory system.- The motor system.- Heredity, environment, and individuality.- Summary and conclusions.- References.- Comment by H. J. Eysenck.- Reply to H. J. Eysenck by J. R. Royce.- Comment by S. G. Vandenberg.- Reply to S. G. Vandenberg by J. R. Royce.- References.- Epilogue, The Goals and Future of Behavior, Genetics.- The background and scope of behavior genetics.- Progress in quantitative genetics.- Behavioral phenotypes.- Behavioral phenogenetics.- The nature/nurture problem.- Resume.- Summary.- References.- Participants.- Author Index.

History of psychology in autobiography

Against the Tide: Making Waves and Breaking Silences.- Reflections On My Years in Psychology.- Confessions of a Marginal Psychologist.- Professional Marginalization in Psychology: Choice or Destiny?.- Psychology in Self-Presentations.- The Autobiography of a Marginal Psychologist: As Much as I Like Bob.- In Search and Proof of Human Beings, Not Machines.

Light-rearing effects on factors of mouse emotionality and endocrine organ weight

Sixty mice from two emotionally divergent inbred strains, C57BL/10Alb and BALB/Alb, were reared in either a dark or one of two different light environments. At 50 days of age, all animals were administered a battery of tests consisting of 19 measures of emotionality. Factor scores were computed for all animals on six factors of emotionality previously obtained. At 58 days of age, all animals were dissected and pituitary, adrenal, spleen, and gonad weight recorded. Analysis of variance on the factor scores indicated strain differences on all six factors and rearing differences on four factors: Autonomic Balance, Motor Discharge, Tunneling I, and Tunneling II. Analysis of variance on organ weight measures indicated strain, sex, and rearing effects. Correlations between factors and adrenal, pituitary, and spleen weight were found for both sexes. These results, which are consistent with previous findings, suggest that light rearing affects maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and, hence, emotionality.

Effects of light environment on emotionality and the endocrine system of inbred mice

Abstract Eighty mice from two emotionally divergent inbred strains, C57/Alb and Balb/Alb were reared in either a dark or light environment. At 50 days of age, half the animals in each rearing condition were administered a battery of tasks consisting of 19 measures of emotionality. At 58 days of age all animals were dissected and pituitary, adrenal, spleen, and gonad weight recorded. Factor scores were computed for all animals on six factors of emotionality previously obtained. Strain differences were found on all factors and rearing differences on 2 factors: autonomic balance and motor discharge. Strain and sex affected all organ weights, light rearing affected adrenal, spleen and ovary weight, and emotionality testing affected pituitary and adrenal weight. The results were interpreted that light rearing affects maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and response to stress.

German Critical Psychology Interventions in Honor of Klaus Holzkamp

In the political and scientific context of the 1960s, German Critical Psychology emerged as a theoretical and practical elaboration of Marxist thinking on the topic and discipline of psychology. Klaus Holzkamp played a central role in the establishment of Critical Psychology, and this special edition of Theory & Psychology honors his contributions even as it documents the development of his ideas. In this preface we briefly sketch the emergence of German Critical Psychology and introduce the contributors to this special issue.

Friendship and Play: An Evolutionary-Developmental View

Kazimier Dabrowskis evolutionary-developmental theory of positive disintegration is used as a pretext for discussing the relationship between play and friendship. Within the context of multilevelness of emotional and instinctive functions, it is proposed that the immutability of gamesmanship is transformed through the fidelity of friendship into play whose function is nothing less than to understand the totality of meaning.

Cognitive Representation: A Psychology in Search of Mentality

A critique of representational theory in contemporary cognitive psychology from a phenomenological viewpoint. It is concluded that representational, cognitive, theory as a naturalistic, causal, theory of meaning and reference fails as a psychology of the mental.

Mediating Between Mentalism and Objectivism: The Conventionality of Language

Mentalism and objectivism have enjoyed strikingly interlocking parallels in the history of psychology and linguistics. Nineteenth century historical, comparative language studies culminated with the neogrammarians at Leipzig in the 1880s, who established the regularity of sound change as the cornerstone of linguistic science. This focus on linguistic form, together with Ferdinand de Saussure’s (1916) priority of synchronic linguistics, which takes language as a “social fact,” over diachronic, and Leonard Bloomfield’s (1933) declaration of an autonomous linguistics based on postulates borrowed from the mechanistic psychology of Max Meyer and his student Albert Weiss and from John Watson’s behavioristic psychology gave rise to American structuralist linguistics (Blumenthal, 1970; Esper, 1968). This objectivist science of phonetic, morphological, and syntactic speech forms eschewed language meaning as the mere expression of mentalism.

A HERMENEUTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL

This paper is a speculative attempt to understand the nature of the ‘psychological’ from the perspective of the ‘social’. Following in the tradition of Wundt’s Volkerpsychologie, we borrow the notion of ‘social character’ from Erich Fromm, and the notion of ‘conventionality’, as constitutive of the ‘social order’, from F. A. Hayek, to arrive at a social understanding of the psychological. From within this social perspective of the psychological, a hermeneutical conception of human science is proposed that interprets the social-psychological as a dialogical relationship between individual-psychological and social-cultural ‘prejudices’.