Mathematical Psychology

This project investigates mathematical psychology's historical and philosophical foundations to clarify its distinguishing characteristics and relationships to adjacent fields. Through gathering primary sources, histories, and interviews with researchers, author Prof. Colin Allen - University of Pittsburgh [1, 2, 3] and his students Osman Attah, Brendan Fleig-Goldstein, Mara McGuire, and Dzintra Ullis have identified three central questions:

What makes the use of mathematics in mathematical psychology reasonably effective, in contrast to other sciences like physics-inspired mathematical biology or symbolic cognitive science?
How does the mathematical approach in mathematical psychology differ from other branches of psychology, like psychophysics and psychometrics?
What is the appropriate relationship of mathematical psychology to cognitive science, given diverging perspectives on aligning with this field?

Preliminary findings emphasize data-driven modeling, skepticism of cognitive science alignments, and early reliance on computation. They will further probe the interplay with cognitive neuroscience and contrast rational-analysis approaches. By elucidating the motivating perspectives and objectives of different eras in mathematical psychology's development, they aim to understand its past and inform constructive dialogue on its philosophical foundations and future directions. This project intends to provide a conceptual roadmap for the field through integrated history and philosophy of science.

The Project: Integrating History and Philosophy of Mathematical Psychology

This project aims to integrate historical and philosophical perspectives to elucidate the foundations of mathematical psychology. As Norwood Hanson stated, history without philosophy is blind, while philosophy without history is empty. The goal is to find a middle ground between the contextual focus of history and the conceptual focus of philosophy.

The team acknowledges that all historical accounts are imperfect, but some can provide valuable insights. The history of mathematical psychology is difficult to tell without centering on the influential Stanford group. Tracing academic lineages and key events includes part of the picture, but more context is needed to fully understand the field's development.

The project draws on diverse sources, including research interviews, retrospective articles, formal histories, and online materials. More interviews and research will further flesh out the historical and philosophical foundations. While incomplete, the current analysis aims to identify important themes, contrasts, and questions that shaped mathematical psychology's evolution. Ultimately, the goal is an integrated historical and conceptual roadmap to inform contemporary perspectives on the field's identity and future directions.

The Rise of Mathematical Psychology

The history of efforts to mathematize psychology traces back to the quantitative imperative stemming from the Galilean scientific revolution. This imprinted the notion that proper science requires mathematics, leading to "physics envy" in other disciplines like psychology.

Many early psychologists argued psychology needed to become mathematical to be scientific. However, mathematizing psychology faced complications absent in the physical sciences. Objects in psychology were not readily present as quantifiable, provoking heated debates on whether psychometric and psychophysical measurements were meaningful.

Nonetheless, the desire to develop mathematical psychology persisted. Different approaches grappled with determining the appropriate role of mathematics in relation to psychological experiments and data. For example, Herbart favored starting with mathematics to ensure accuracy, while Fechner insisted experiments must come first to ground mathematics.

Tensions remain between data-driven versus theory-driven mathematization of psychology. Contemporary perspectives range from psychometric and psychophysical stances that foreground data to measurement-theoretical and computational approaches that emphasize formal models.

Elucidating how psychologists negotiated to apply mathematical methods to an apparently resistant subject matter helps reveal the evolving role and place of mathematics in psychology. This historical interplay shaped the emergence of mathematical psychology as a field.

The Distinctive Mathematical Approach of Mathematical Psychology

What sets mathematical psychology apart from other branches of psychology in its use of mathematics?

Several key aspects stand out:

Advocating quantitative methods broadly. Mathematical psychology emerged partly to push psychology to embrace quantitative modeling and mathematics beyond basic statistics.
Drawing from diverse mathematical tools. With greater training in mathematics, mathematical psychologists utilize more advanced and varied mathematical techniques like topology and differential geometry.
Linking models and experiments. Mathematical psychologists emphasize tightly connecting experimental design and statistical analysis, with experiments created to test specific models.
Favoring theoretical models. Mathematical psychology incorporates "pure" mathematical results and prefers analytic, hand-fitted models over data-driven computer models.
Seeking general, cumulative theory. Unlike just describing data, mathematical psychology aspires to abstract, general theory supported across experiments, cumulative progress in models, and mathematical insight into psychological mechanisms.

So while not unique to mathematical psychology, these key elements help characterize how its use of mathematics diverges from adjacent fields like psychophysics and psychometrics. Mathematical psychology carved out an identity embracing quantitative methods but also theoretical depth and broad generalization.

Situating Mathematical Psychology Relative to Cognitive Science

What is the appropriate perspective on mathematical psychology's relationship to cognitive psychology and cognitive science? While connected historically and conceptually, essential distinctions exist.

Mathematical psychology draws from diverse disciplines that are also influential in cognitive science, like computer science, psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience. However, mathematical psychology appears more skeptical of alignments with cognitive science.

For example, cognitive science prominently adopted the computer as a model of the human mind, while mathematical psychology focused more narrowly on computers as modeling tools.

Additionally, mathematical psychology seems to take a more critical stance towards purely simulation-based modeling in cognitive science, instead emphasizing iterative modeling tightly linked to experimentation.

Overall, mathematical psychology exhibits significant overlap with cognitive science but strongly asserts its distinct mathematical orientation and modeling perspectives. Elucidating this complex relationship remains an ongoing project, but preliminary analysis suggests mathematical psychology intentionally diverged from cognitive science in its formative development.

This establishes mathematical psychology's separate identity while retaining connections to adjacent disciplines at the intersection of mathematics, psychology, and computation.

Looking Ahead: Open Questions and Future Research

This historical and conceptual analysis of mathematical psychology's foundations has illuminated key themes, contrasts, and questions that shaped the field's development. Further research can build on these preliminary findings.

Additional work is needed to flesh out the fuller intellectual, social, and political context driving the evolution of mathematical psychology. Examining the influences and reactions of key figures will provide a richer picture.

Ongoing investigation can probe whether the identified tensions and contrasts represent historical artifacts or still animate contemporary debates. Do mathematical psychologists today grapple with similar questions on the role of mathematics and modeling?

Further analysis should also elucidate the nature of the purported bidirectional relationship between modeling and experimentation in mathematical psychology. As well, clarifying the diversity of perspectives on goals like generality, abstraction, and cumulative theory-building would be valuable.

Finally, this research aims to spur discussion on philosophical issues such as realism, pluralism, and progress in mathematical psychology models. Is the accuracy and truth value of models an important consideration or mainly beside the point? And where is the field headed - towards greater verisimilitude or an indefinite balancing of complexity and abstraction?

By spurring reflection on this conceptual foundation, this historical and integrative analysis hopes to provide a roadmap to inform constructive dialogue on mathematical psychology's identity and future trajectory.

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1) 先月の人事に関する企業の行動（はい /いいえ）

2) 先月の職員に関連した企業の行動（％の場合）

3) 恐ろしい

4) 私の国が直面している最大の問題

5) 成功したチームを構築する際に、優れたリーダーがどのような資質と能力を使用していますか？

6) グーグル。チームの効率性に影響を与える要因

7) 求職者の主な優先事項

8) 何が上司を偉大なリーダーにしているのですか？

9) 何が人々を仕事で成功させるのですか？

10) リモートで仕事をするために少ない給料を受け取る準備はできていますか？

15) 人々があきらめる理由（アンナビタルによる）

16) 信頼 (#WVS)

17) オックスフォード幸福調査

18) 心理的幸福

19) あなたの次の最もエキサイティングな機会はどこにありますか？

20) あなたはあなたの精神的健康の世話をするために今週何をしますか？

21) 私は自分の過去、現在、または未来について考えて住んでいます

22) 功績

23) 人工知能と文明の終わり

24) なぜ人々は先延ばしになるのですか？

25) 自信の構築における性差（ifd allensbach）

26) xing.com文化評価

27) パトリック・レンシオーニの「チームの5つの機能不全」

28) 共感は...

29) ITスペシャリストが求人を選択するのに不可欠なことは何ですか？

30) 人々が変化に抵抗する理由（SiobhánMChaleによる）

31) 感情をどのように調節しますか？（Nawal Mustafa M.A.

32) あなたに永遠に支払う21スキル（エレミヤ・テオ /赵汉昇）

33) 本当の自由は...

34) 他の人との信頼を築くための12の方法（ジャスティンライトによる）

35) 才能のある従業員の特徴（Talent Management Instituteによる）

36) チームをやる気にさせるための10のキー

37) 良心の代数 (ウラジミール・ルフェーブル著)

38) 未来の 3 つの異なる可能性 (クレア W. グレイブス博士著)

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恐ろしい

チャート相関

VUCA

相関係数の臨界値

ウィリアム・シーリー・ゴセット（学生）による正規分布 r = 0.0331

スピアマンによる非正規分布 r = 0.0013

結果のみを表示します > r = 0.0331

分布	非正常	非正常	非正常	普通	普通	普通	普通	普通
すべての質問すべての質問私の最大の恐れは
私の最大の恐れは
Answer 1	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0562	弱いポジティブ 0.0311	弱いネガティブ -0.0164	弱いポジティブ 0.0903	弱いポジティブ 0.0301	弱いネガティブ -0.0120	弱いネガティブ -0.1534
Answer 2	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0217	弱いポジティブ 0.0011	弱いネガティブ -0.0455	弱いポジティブ 0.0660	弱いポジティブ 0.0440	弱いポジティブ 0.0117	弱いネガティブ -0.0942
Answer 3	-	弱いネガティブ -0.0034	弱いネガティブ -0.0104	弱いネガティブ -0.0419	弱いネガティブ -0.0451	弱いポジティブ 0.0462	弱いポジティブ 0.0780	弱いネガティブ -0.0204
Answer 4	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0436	弱いポジティブ 0.0362	弱いネガティブ -0.0177	弱いポジティブ 0.0150	弱いポジティブ 0.0296	弱いポジティブ 0.0189	弱いネガティブ -0.0984
Answer 5	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0298	弱いポジティブ 0.1270	弱いポジティブ 0.0133	弱いポジティブ 0.0724	弱いネガティブ -0.0002	弱いネガティブ -0.0199	弱いネガティブ -0.1742
Answer 6	-	弱いネガティブ -0.0003	弱いポジティブ 0.0089	弱いネガティブ -0.0627	弱いネガティブ -0.0074	弱いポジティブ 0.0190	弱いポジティブ 0.0825	弱いネガティブ -0.0321
Answer 7	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0123	弱いポジティブ 0.0388	弱いネガティブ -0.0684	弱いネガティブ -0.0238	弱いポジティブ 0.0468	弱いポジティブ 0.0631	弱いネガティブ -0.0517
Answer 8	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0699	弱いポジティブ 0.0857	弱いネガティブ -0.0318	弱いポジティブ 0.0150	弱いポジティブ 0.0341	弱いポジティブ 0.0125	弱いネガティブ -0.1372
Answer 9	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0666	弱いポジティブ 0.1681	弱いポジティブ 0.0094	弱いポジティブ 0.0694	弱いネガティブ -0.0131	弱いネガティブ -0.0533	弱いネガティブ -0.1815
Answer 10	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0776	弱いポジティブ 0.0744	弱いネガティブ -0.0185	弱いポジティブ 0.0224	弱いポジティブ 0.0352	弱いネガティブ -0.0135	弱いネガティブ -0.1293
Answer 11	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0585	弱いポジティブ 0.0531	弱いネガティブ -0.0094	弱いポジティブ 0.0086	弱いポジティブ 0.0195	弱いポジティブ 0.0313	弱いネガティブ -0.1200
Answer 12	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0378	弱いポジティブ 0.1030	弱いネガティブ -0.0357	弱いポジティブ 0.0350	弱いポジティブ 0.0261	弱いポジティブ 0.0297	弱いネガティブ -0.1510
Answer 13	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0642	弱いポジティブ 0.1044	弱いネガティブ -0.0454	弱いポジティブ 0.0259	弱いポジティブ 0.0424	弱いポジティブ 0.0183	弱いネガティブ -0.1595
Answer 14	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0718	弱いポジティブ 0.1034	弱いネガティブ -0.0003	弱いネガティブ -0.0085	弱いネガティブ -0.0016	弱いポジティブ 0.0074	弱いネガティブ -0.1172
Answer 15	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0550	弱いポジティブ 0.1382	弱いネガティブ -0.0418	弱いポジティブ 0.0181	弱いネガティブ -0.0163	弱いポジティブ 0.0211	弱いネガティブ -0.1183
Answer 16	-	弱いポジティブ 0.0591	弱いポジティブ 0.0276	弱いネガティブ -0.0384	弱いネガティブ -0.0397	弱いポジティブ 0.0651	弱いポジティブ 0.0280	弱いネガティブ -0.0710

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2023.10.13

Valerii Kosenko

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Valeriiは、1993年に社会教育教師の心理学者としての資格があり、その後、プロジェクト管理に関する知識を適用しています。
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