The Theory of Action and the Analysis of Culture

2021 ◽  
pp. 48-68
Author(s):  
Victor M. Lidz
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Action

Tadeusz Tomaszewski and His Theory of Action

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Materska
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Action ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
History Of

Tadeusz Tomaszewski, born in 1910, graduate of the Jan Kazimierz University, Lvov, doctor honoris causa of Marja Sklodowska-Curie University, Lublin, is an exceptional figure in the history of Polish psychology. His scientific accomplishments and organizational talents, multipled by the achievements of his students, had a decisive impact on the shape and prestige of Polish psychology among other scientific disciplines and determined the rank of Polish psychology in the international arena.

Constructing and Evaluating a Validation Argument for a Next-Generation Alternate Assessment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy K. Clark ◽  
Meagan Karvonen
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Alternate Assessment ◽  
Theory Of Action ◽  
Validity Evidence ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Alternate Assessments ◽  
Overall Evaluation ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Achievement Standards

Alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS) have historically lacked broad validity evidence and an overall evaluation of the extent to which evidence supports intended uses of results. An expanding body of validation literature, the funding of two AA-AAS consortia, and advances in computer-based assessment have supported improvements in AA-AAS validation. This paper describes the validation approach used with the Dynamic Learning Maps® alternate assessment system, including development of the theory of action, claims, and interpretive argument; examples of evidence collected; and evaluation of the evidence in light of the maturity of the assessment system. We focus especially on claims and sources of evidence unique to AA-AAS and especially the Dynamic Learning Maps system design. We synthesize the evidence to evaluate the degree to which it supports the intended uses of assessment results for the targeted population. Considerations are presented for subsequent data collection efforts.

scholarly journals Breaking the Chains: The Inverted-U-Shaped Relationship Between Action-State Orientation and Creativity Under Low Job Autonomy

2021 ◽  
pp. 014920632199681
Author(s):  
Ronald Bledow ◽  
Jana Kühnel ◽  
Mengzi Jin ◽  
Julius Kuhl
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Action ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
Laboratory Setting ◽  
Job Autonomy ◽  
Social Fabric ◽  
Oriented Response ◽  
State Orientation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
New Ideas

When the social fabric of organizations limits individual autonomy, new ideas are needed that satisfy a person’s will as well as the constraints imposed by the social context. To explain when people achieve this synthesis and display creativity under low job autonomy, we examine the influence of their action-state orientation. The theory of action versus state orientation contrasts two responses people display when faced by a situation that conflicts with their will. An action-oriented response entails that people readily disengage from processing the situation and initiate goal-striving, while a state-oriented response entails that people remain focused on the situation. We argue that creativity under low job autonomy requires the integration of the competing processes underlying action and state orientation and is most frequently displayed by people in the midrange of the action-state orientation continuum. We test this theorizing with three studies. In a constrained laboratory setting, we induced a focus on an unwanted situation and demonstrated an inverted-U-shaped relationship between action-state orientation and creativity. A field study showed that the inverted-U-shaped relationship between action-state orientation and daily self-reports of creativity was strongest under low job autonomy and disappeared under high job autonomy. A multisource study replicated and extended these relationships using managerial ratings of creativity.

Action semantics reasoning about functional programs

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 557-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. B. LASSEN
Keyword(s):  
Functional Programming ◽  
Action Theory ◽  
Specification Language ◽  
Process Theory ◽  
Theory Of Action ◽  
Functional Program ◽  
Action Semantics ◽  
Functional Part

This paper develops the functional part of a theory of action semantics for reasoning about programs. Action notation, the specification language of action semantics, is given an evaluation semantics, and operational techniques from process theory and functional programming are applied in the development of a versatile action theory. The power of the theory is demonstrated by means of action semantic proofs of functional program equivalences.

Physical Pleasure and Moral Action: An Analogy in Augustine’s Thought

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-184
Author(s):  
Amanda Knight
Keyword(s):  
Moral Psychology ◽  
Physical Mechanism ◽  
Theory Of Action ◽  
Moral Action ◽  
Conceptual System ◽  
Present Essay ◽  
The Will

Abstract The present essay argues that Augustine’s understanding of the physical mechanism of pain and pleasure bears an analogous relationship to the internal mechanics of his moral psychology. The significance of this analogy is threefold. It corroborates emerging consensus positions regarding Augustine’s moral psychology, including recognizing the significance of Stoic influences as well as construing Augustine’s psychology as monistic; it draws attention to a greater consistency between Augustine’s earlier and later accounts of moral psychology than is typically recognized in scholarship; and it offers a schema that organizes the significant components of Augustine’s moral psychology, like his theory of action, habit, the will, and conversion, in relation to one another within a single conceptual system.

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