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[T&P Train #600]
No full textPhotograph of T&P train #600 moving over a short section of track on a bridge. There are a few men near the front end of the train and a large plume of black smoke rising from the engine. Written below the image are "T&P '600' I-1-D pulling train up Baird Hill photo appeared in Mar 1950 Trains" and "Ulric Meisel Photo.
Ulric Neisser's contribution to the study of autobiographical memory accuracy
No full textUlric Neisser was the initiator of the contemporary psychology of autobiographical memory, as well as the founder of the ecological approach to human cognition. The present article reviews his empirical and theoretical contributions to an issue which is at the heart of the contemporary debate on autobiographical memory: that is, autobiographical memory accuracy. From the early 1980s to the mid-1990s, Neisser empirically investigated this topic in a variety of memory research fields including legal testimony, flashbulb memory, and childhood memory. Overall, the empirical studies that Neisser conducted in these fields led him to conceptualize autobiographical memory as a reconstructive process serving the specific goals pursued by the rememberer at a particular time and place, and dynamically varying according to the social context in which autobiographical experiences are recalled. In the conclusions, the author discusses the influence of Neisser's empirical and theoretical work on autobiographical memory accuracy on the current memory literature
Walk Connecting Wings of McFarlin Dormitory
No full textFemale student walking on the McFarlin Residence Hall breezeway
George Storch Memorial Library in Winter
No full textStudents outside of George Storch Memorial Library in cold weather
Légitimation et système normatif : une étude de la jurisprudence du Conseil de presse du Québec
No full textThe author concentrates on a description of the ethical discourse of the Quebec Press Council, based on the conceptual definition of its mandate and a reading of its decisions. This analysis shows the partiality of the Council and the arbitrariness of its decisions. The Council manages to maximize moral responsibility while minimizing the concrete responsibilities of the press by subordinating its imputability to its necessary freedom. Within its jurisprudence, it applies a normative system whose indeterminate nature confers an apparent coherence to decisions concerning uncertain practices. The ambivalence of the argumentation and the involvement of the Council bears witness to the gaps which exist between this normative system and the effective practice of the press, and the attempts of the Council to reconcilíate the two in hopes of providing comfort to the legitimacy of press enterprises and journalists.L'auteur s'attache à décrire les caractères du discours déontologique du Conseil de presse du Québec, en s'appuyant sur la définition conceptuelle de son mandat et sur la lecture de ses décisions. Cette analyse démontre la partialité du Conseil et l'arbitraire de son processus décisionnel. Le Conseil parvient à maximiser les responsabilités morales et à minimiser les responsabilités concrètes de la presse, en subordonnant son imputabilité à sa nécessaire liberté. Dans sa jurisprudence, il applique un système normatif dont l'indétermination confère une cohérence apparente à des jugements sur des pratiques indéterminées. L'ambivalence de l'argumentation et des interventions du Conseil témoignent du déphasage entre ce système normatif et les pratiques effectives de la presse, et des tentatives du Conseil de réconcilier les deux afin de conforter la légitimité des entreprises de presse et des journalistes.El autor se concentra en la descripción de las características del discurso deontológico del Consejo de Prensa de Quebec, apoyándose en la definición conceptual de su misión y en la lectura de sus decisiones. Este análisis demuestra la parcialidad del Consejo y lo arbitrario de su proceso de decisión. El Consejo logra maximizar las responsabilidades morales y minimizar las que son concretas en la prensa, subordinando su imputabilidad a su libertad necesaria. En su jurisprudencia, aplica un sistema normativo cuya indeterminación da una coherencia aparente al juicio sobre las prácticas inciertas. La ambivalencia de la argumentación y las intervenciones del Consejo dan testimonio de la diferencia entre este sistema normativo y las prácticas efectivas de la prensa, y los esfuerzos que hace el Consejo para reconciliar los dos, y así apoyar la legitimidad de las empresas de la prensa y los periodistas.Deschênes Ulric. Légitimation et système normatif : une étude de la jurisprudence du Conseil de presse du Québec. In: Communication. Information Médias Théories, volume 17 n°2, décembre 1996. pp. 168-187
« Faire le tour de la question »
Get PDFS'inspirant du cycle perceptif élaboré par Ulric Neisser dans Cognition and Reality (1976), l'auteur transforme ici le modèle habituellement utilisé par l'approche cognitive pour expliquer l'activité perceptivo-cognitive du spectateur, à savoir l'utilisation du mode de perception « de bas en haut » (ou « bottom-up ») et du mode de traitement « de haut en bas » (ou « top-down »). Par la même occasion, l'auteur interroge la manière dont a été théorisée ladite activité et en vient à proposer, pour définir la perception et la compréhension, une expression qu'il considère encore plus appropriée que le « aller au-delà de l'information donnée » de Bruner ou le « recueillir plus d'informations pertinentes » de Neisser.Being inspired by the perceptual cycle elaborated by Ulric Neisser in Cognition and Reality (1976), the author transforms here the model habitually used by the cognitive approach to explain the perceptive and cognitive activity of the spectator, namely the use of bottom-up and top-down processes. By the same opportunity, the author questions the manner by which the aforementioned activity has been theorized and comes to propose an expression that he considers even more appropriated than the "going beyond the information given" (Bruner), or the "picking up more pertinent information" (Neisser) to define perception and comprehension
The effect of audio, a single picture, multiple pictures, or video on second-language listening comprehension
No full textAlthough aural and visual media have long been used in the second-language classroom, relatively little information exists to show that media are really effective for preparing students to deal with communicative situations. This study investigated whether hearing the audio of natural dialogs without images or in conjunction with single, multiple, or moving-video images facilitated listening comprehension in college students enrolled in intermediate- and advanced-French courses and contrasted them with students who saw only the visual portion of the same dialogs.A total of 75 paid, volunteer subjects (24 advanced-French, 27 intermediate-French, and 24 visual-only) were presented four dialogs each displayed with increasing amounts of visual information: audio only, one still picture, multiple still pictures, moving-video images. Subjects' listening comprehension was measured by ability to recognize information from the dialog, to actively recall main ideas and details, and to generate inferences. The general findings were: (a) Adding images almost always improves listening comprehension of dialogs and reduces recall errors, with moving images leading to the most improvement. (b) Paralinguistic cues aid in the interpretation of dialogs and are made obvious through the use of moving images. (c) Multiple still images my be distracting or disconcerting under some circumstances. (d) Images alone are not sufficient for representing a dialog, unless generating inferences is the desired outcome. (e) The particular images used to represent a scene may have a strong influence on how predictable the scene's content may be to the viewer. (f) Predictable scenarios may be easier to comprehend than those which are outside of the viewers/listeners frame of reference. (g) Higher-proficiency subjects appear to be better at using the available information in the listening task than lower-proficiency students, but equal to lower-proficiency students in recall of visual information.Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:37:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Identity and consumption practices of Northamptonshire Caribbeans c.1955-1989
No full textThe objective of this thesis is to delineate and analyse Northamptonshire Caribbeans' consumption c.1955-1989. Author-collected and other oral histories alongside complementary primary and secondary references dovetail to unearth and analyse aspects of Post-War Caribbean consumption in a British provincial location that have been significantly unexplored previously. Central to the argument is the contention that identity is fundamentally significant in comprehending and analysing Northamptonshire Caribbeans' consumption. Various conceptualisations of identity facilitated development of consumer materialisations and aspirations. This thesis explores how multiple forms of identity as Caribbean, Black and British people were significant in shaping local Caribbeans' consumption. The succeeding pages address and analyse how these multiple identities influenced consumption and how provincial consumer behaviour was shaped by Caribbeans' relative co-ethnic isolation in Northamptonshire. Chapter 3 delineates and analyses consumer practices and practicalities of Northamptonshire Caribbeans. Integral within these consumer practices and practicalities are changes in consumption over time, intergenerational differences in consumption, as well as aspects of consumption that could be considered 'typical' and/or 'atypical' Northamptonshire Caribbean consumption; all of which are incorporated within this chapter. Chapter 4 connects identity and consumption through enhancing understanding of Northamptonshire Caribbeans' consumer networks. These networks interacted with the combination of identities local Caribbeans psychologically felt part of within various Caribbean, Black and British permutations. Furthermore, such identities varied more widely amongst the younger generation than their co-ethnic elders, a concept which is also addressed. Education and cultural currency are two novel strands through which to analyse connections between consumption and identity. The final two chapters deploy these concepts in an innovative manner creating and developing greater understanding of Northamptonshire Caribbeans' consumption. Chapter 5 expounds on the concept that education can be used as consumption whilst shaping future consumer behaviour, both ideas significantly under-explored previously. Chapter 6 introduces the theory of cultural currency, the idea that aspects of culture have finite, but changing, values and must be shared to have value similar to monetary currencies having exchange values for other monetary currencies. This chapter demonstrates how Northamptonshire Caribbeans shared aspects of Caribbean culture as cultural currency, fostering co-ethnic strength whilst gaining inter-ethnic respect for Caribbeans. Through comprehending Caribbean identity, correlations between empirical and social history, local consumption, as well as educational and cultural circumstances that stimulated and inspired Northamptonshire Caribbeans, this thesis distinctively illuminates how local Caribbeans' consumption interacted with various permutations of Afro-Caribbean, Black and/or British identities whilst representing idiosyncratic local nodes within these larger amalgamations
Honor students and Faculty, March 28, 1962
No full textDr. Harry V. Richardson (front row right) and Dr. Charles B. Copher (front row left) stand with group on steps of breezeway between ITC administration building and classroom building. Written on verso: Honor students and faculty March 28, 1962. L. to R: Front Row: Charles B. Copher, Mr. Mau Pheasure, Mrs. Myra Taylor, Ulric Seauye, Randolph Smith, President H.V. Richardson. Second Row: Tony Emms, Ocie Hoet, Raepch Ross, Thomas Hoyt, Mr. Patterson.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
: The preparation of this chapter was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (Grant Nos. 0745820 and 1059088) and a Google Gift to S.E.P. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or Google.
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