451 research outputs found
Pragmatic Case Studies as a Source of Unity in Applied Psychology
No full textTo unify or not to unify applied psychology: that is the question. In this article we review pendulum swings in the historical efforts to answer this question—from a comprehensive, positivist, “top-down,” deductive yes between the 1930s and the early 60s, to a postmodern no since then. A rationale and proposal for a limited, “bottom-up,” inductive yes in applied psychology is then presented, employing a case-based paradigm that integrates both positivist and postmodern themes and components. This paradigm is labeled “pragmatic psychology” and, its specific use of case studies, the “Pragmatic Case Study Method” (“PCS Method”). We call for the creation of peer-reviewed journal-databases of pragmatic case studies as a foundational source of unifying applied knowledge in our discipline. As one example, the potential of the PCS Method for unifying different angles of theoretical regard is illustrated in an area of applied psychology, psychotherapy, via the case of Mrs. B. The article then turns to the broader historical and epistemological arguments for the unifying nature of the PCS Method in both applied and basic psychology.Peer reviewe
Achieving Foundation Accountability and Transparency: Lessons From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s \u3ci\u3eScorecard\u3c/i\u3e
No full text· The purpose of this article is to help foundations in their accountability and transparency efforts by sharing lessons from one foundation’s journey to develop a scorecard.
· A commitment to funding and sharing the results from rigorous evaluations set the tone for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) accountability.
· The Scorecard is a powerful tool for RWJF to set goals, track organizational effectiveness, and motivate responses to shortcomings.
· Foundations can tailor their scorecard to include what best serves their needs.
· With its Scorecard, RWJF found that comparative and quantitative measures are the most powerful forces to motivate change.
· Setting targets motivates staff to focus their efforts on certain areas and make improvements
THE PIANO TRIO BY M. FISHMAN AS A SOUND DOCUMENT OF ITS ERA
No full textThe present article written by Irina Pleşcan is dedicated to the musicological and interpretation study of the Piano trio written by Max Fishman. The author analyses the style and genre particularities of this opus, revealing the influence of Russian music at the turn of the 19th – 20th centuries, the interaction of the classical and romantic principles on the structural level
Mosse Lecture #6
No full text49:36 minutesIn this lecture, Fishman draws a parallel between David Riesman’s concepts of the “inner” and the “outer-directed” person and the aim of education envisioned by Rousseau. While the outer-directed person relies on his peers for moral cues, the inner-directed person acts according to his “natural” moral judgment, that is, the virtue inculcated by the right education. This virtue is already inherent in the natural impulses of the child, that, like Rousseau’s Emile, has to be brought up by a patient and respectful tutor who manipulates nature to teach the right lessons. Ideally, the child should grow up in a rural environment, far from the corrupting influence of the city. Despite his rejection of modern civilization, Rousseau does not romanticize the “noble savage”, whom he compares to a weed. Just as plants benefit from cultivation, education shapes the moral development of the individual that will eventually revolutionize society. Inspired by Locke’s “tabula rasa” argument, Rousseau repudiates the Christian notion of original sin. Fishman gives a biographical sketch of Rousseau, qualifying the image of the impulsive, romantic genius, the self-image the philosopher created to portray himself in his writings. Rousseau’s is a new kind of autobiography; self-critical rather than boastful, the author reveals his flaws to the reader. Moreover, Fishman points out that Rousseau, like other “great men”, were regarded as such only because they managed to articulate ideas that were held but not eloquently formulated by many of their contemporaries. The “Rousseau-mania” that gripped many of his readers and influenced the preoccupation with education of nearly every philosopher thereafter, is to a great extent explained by his mastery of language
A Replacement Life
No full textWednesday, February 11, 2015, 3-4:30pm
A Replacement Life, by Boris Fishman
Author, Boris Fishman will be here in person to discuss, sell and sign his book
A singularly talented writer makes his literary debut with this provocative, soulful, and sometimes hilarious story of a failed journalist asked to do the unthinkable: forge Holocaust-restitution claims for old Russian Jews in Brooklyn, New York.
Yevgeny Gelman, grandfather of Slava Gelman, “didn’t suffer in the exact way” he needs to have suffered to qualify for the restitution the German government has been paying out to Holocaust survivors. But suffer he has – as a Jew in the war; as a second-class citizen in the USSR; as an immigrant to America. So? Isn’t his grandson a “writer”?
High-minded Slava wants to put all this immigrant scraping behind him. Only the American Dream is not panning out for him – Century, the legendary magazine where he works as a researcher, wants nothing greater from him. Slava wants to be a correct, blameless American – but he wants to be a lionized writer even more.
Slava’s turn as the Forger of South Brooklyn teaches him that not every fact is the truth, and not every lie a falsehood. It takes more than law-abiding to become an American; it takes the same self-reinvention in which his people excel. Intoxicated and unmoored by his inventions, Slava risks exposure. Cornered, he commits an irrevocable act that finally grants him a sense of home in America, but not before collecting a lasting price from his family.
A Replacement Life is a dark, moving, and beautifully written novel about family, honor, and justice.https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/jewishbookgroup/1013/thumbnail.jp
Whose Goals? Whose Aspirations?: Learning to Teach Underprepared Writers across the Curriculum
No full textEver since Horace Mann promoted state supported schooling in the 1850s, the aims of U.S. public education have been the subject of heated national debate. Whose Goals? Whose Aspirations? joins this debate by exploring clashing educational aims in a discipline-based university classroom and the consequences of these clashes for underprepared writers. In this close-up look at a White middle-class teacher and his ethnically diverse students, Fishman and McCarthy examine not only the role of Standard English in college writing instruction but also the underlying and highly charged issues of multiculturalism, race cognizance, and social class.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/usupress_pubs/1137/thumbnail.jp
Preserving the promise : improving the culture of biotech investment /
No full text"Preserving the Promise: Improving the Culture of Biotech Investment critically examines why most biotech startups fail, as they emerge from universities into an ecosystem that inhibits rather than encourages innovation. This 'Valley of Death' squanders our public investments in medical research and with them, the promise of longer and healthier lives. The authors explicate the Translation Gap faced by early stage biotech companies, the result of problematic technology transfer and investment practices, and provide specific prescriptions for improving translation of important discoveries into safe and effective therapies. In Preserving the Promise, Dessain and Fishman build on their collective experience as company founders, healthcare investor (Fishman) and physician/scientist (Dessain). The book offers a forward-looking, critical analysis of 'conventional wisdom' that encumbers commercialization practices. It exposes the self-defeating habits of drug development in the Valley of Death, that waste money and extinguish innovative technologies through distorted financial incentives. Explains why translation of biotech discovery into medicine succeeds so infrequently that it's been dubbed the Valley of Death. Uncovers specific decision-making strategies that more effectively align incentives, improving clinical and financial outcomes for investors, inventor/entrepreneurs, and patients. Examines the critical, early stages of commercialization, where technology transfer offices and Angels act as gatekeepers to development, and where tension between short-term financial and long-term clinical aspirations sinks important technologies. Deconstructs the forces driving biotech, recasts them in a proven conceptual framework, and offers practical guidance for making the system better."--Provided by publisher.Includes bibliographical references and index.Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EbscoHost platform, viewed February 23, 2017)."Preserving the Promise: Improving the Culture of Biotech Investment critically examines why most biotech startups fail, as they emerge from universities into an ecosystem that inhibits rather than encourages innovation. This 'Valley of Death' squanders our public investments in medical research and with them, the promise of longer and healthier lives. The authors explicate the Translation Gap faced by early stage biotech companies, the result of problematic technology transfer and investment practices, and provide specific prescriptions for improving translation of important discoveries into safe and effective therapies. In Preserving the Promise, Dessain and Fishman build on their collective experience as company founders, healthcare investor (Fishman) and physician/scientist (Dessain). The book offers a forward-looking, critical analysis of 'conventional wisdom' that encumbers commercialization practices. It exposes the self-defeating habits of drug development in the Valley of Death, that waste money and extinguish innovative technologies through distorted financial incentives. Explains why translation of biotech discovery into medicine succeeds so infrequently that it's been dubbed the Valley of Death. Uncovers specific decision-making strategies that more effectively align incentives, improving clinical and financial outcomes for investors, inventor/entrepreneurs, and patients. Examines the critical, early stages of commercialization, where technology transfer offices and Angels act as gatekeepers to development, and where tension between short-term financial and long-term clinical aspirations sinks important technologies. Deconstructs the forces driving biotech, recasts them in a proven conceptual framework, and offers practical guidance for making the system better."--Provided by publisher.Innovation Meets the Translation Gap. Stop the Madness and Cure Something ; Into the Valley of Death ; Clinical Promise [not]= Investment Practice ; Velcade, a Biotech Success Story ; Biotechnology and the Future of Pharma ; Why Pharma Should Care About the Valley of Death ; Porter's Five Forces and the Market for Angel Capital ; Out of the Frying Pan: The Fire's Not So Great Either ; Getting to Australia -- Translation Gap 1: Universities Don't Make What Companies Need. When Is an Experiment Ready for the Valley of Death? ; Unintended Consequences of Applying for a Patent ; What if It Doesn't Actually Work? ; Building a Better Mousetrap -- Translation Gap 2: Good Innovation Is Not Always a Good Investment. Due Diligence and Angel Incentives ; What Is Value? ; Angels at the Crux of Invention ; Investment: A Nuanced Decision ; Ready for a Long-Term Relationship With a Science Experiment? ; Investing in Hockey Sticks ; Harps for Angels ; Connecting Innovation to Investment -- Translation Gap 3: Technology Transfer Wastes Money and Innovation. Mitigating Supplier Power ; Preventing Speeding by Closing the Road ; Breaking Old Habits -- Epilogue: Why We Do This.Elsevie
The effect of integrating music listening with an attachment- and affective-focused short-term psychotherapy in an individual with relational trauma: the case of "James"
No full textThe purpose of this study is to explore the utility and feasibility of incorporating client-chosen music listening into a short-term dynamic therapy model in an individual with trauma. Specifically, Diana Fosha’s Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy was chosen due to its focus on emotional experience and attachment. Relevant literature regarding the current clinical applications of music is presented, along with research supporting music’s effects on relevant psychotherapeutic mechanisms such as affect, autobiographical memory, and attachment. These effects are illustrated through the use of the hybrid case example of “James”, a composite psychotherapy client who struggles with symptoms stemming from relational trauma. In addition to being informed by clinical examples in relevant psychological literature, “James’ case” is assembled from actual psychotherapy cases of the author. Demonstrating this client’s course of treatment provides an avenue for describing key clinical issues related to the utility of music within a more traditional short-term dynamic therapy model. By adopting a qualitative, disciplined inquiry approach, treatment is tailored to the client’s unique psychological struggles within the context of historical, contextual, and relational factors. Following a pragmatic case study research format (Fishman, 2005), case material is analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Discussion explores how an integrative treatment approach, exemplified in the case of James, can effectively combine psychodynamic, relational, and musical elements in treating individuals with relational trauma and the resulting pathology. James’ case is designed to be a resource for therapists who seek to gain additional understanding of a new component in providing effective and meaningful treatment for individuals with relational trauma.Psy.D.Includes bibliographical referencesby G. Paul Blimlin
On the association of terrestrial gamma-ray bursts with lightning and implications for sprites
No full textMeasurements of ELF/VLF radio atmospherics (sferics) at Palmer Station, Antarctica, provide evidence of active thunderstorms near the inferred source regions of two different gamma-ray bursts of terrestrial origin [Fishman et al., 1994]. In one case, a relatively intense sferic occurring within ±1.5 ms of the time of the gamma-ray burst provides the first indication of a direct association of this burst with a lightning discharge. This sferic and many others launched by positive cloud-to-ground (CG) discharges and observed at Palmer during the periods studied exhibit 'slow tail' waveforms, indicative of continuing currents in the causative lightning discharges. The slow tails of these sferics are similar to those of sferics originating in positive CG discharges that are associated with sprites
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