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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Nilai kritis koefisien korélasi

Sebaran normal, ku William laut anu gumpal (mahasiswa) r = 0.0331

Sebaran non normal, ku Spearman r = 0.0013

Nunjukkeun ngan hasil > r = 0.0331

Sebaran	Non normal	Non normal	Non normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
Kabeh patarosan Kabeh patarosan Kasieun kuring
Kasieun kuring
Answer 1	-	Positip lemah 0.0562	Positip lemah 0.0311	Négatip lemah -0.0164	Positip lemah 0.0903	Positip lemah 0.0301	Négatip lemah -0.0120	Négatip lemah -0.1534
Answer 2	-	Positip lemah 0.0217	Positip lemah 0.0011	Négatip lemah -0.0455	Positip lemah 0.0660	Positip lemah 0.0440	Positip lemah 0.0117	Négatip lemah -0.0942
Answer 3	-	Négatip lemah -0.0034	Négatip lemah -0.0104	Négatip lemah -0.0419	Négatip lemah -0.0451	Positip lemah 0.0462	Positip lemah 0.0780	Négatip lemah -0.0204
Answer 4	-	Positip lemah 0.0436	Positip lemah 0.0362	Négatip lemah -0.0177	Positip lemah 0.0150	Positip lemah 0.0296	Positip lemah 0.0189	Négatip lemah -0.0984
Answer 5	-	Positip lemah 0.0298	Positip lemah 0.1270	Positip lemah 0.0133	Positip lemah 0.0724	Négatip lemah -0.0002	Négatip lemah -0.0199	Négatip lemah -0.1742
Answer 6	-	Négatip lemah -0.0003	Positip lemah 0.0089	Négatip lemah -0.0627	Négatip lemah -0.0074	Positip lemah 0.0190	Positip lemah 0.0825	Négatip lemah -0.0321
Answer 7	-	Positip lemah 0.0123	Positip lemah 0.0388	Négatip lemah -0.0684	Négatip lemah -0.0238	Positip lemah 0.0468	Positip lemah 0.0631	Négatip lemah -0.0517
Answer 8	-	Positip lemah 0.0699	Positip lemah 0.0857	Négatip lemah -0.0318	Positip lemah 0.0150	Positip lemah 0.0341	Positip lemah 0.0125	Négatip lemah -0.1372
Answer 9	-	Positip lemah 0.0666	Positip lemah 0.1681	Positip lemah 0.0094	Positip lemah 0.0694	Négatip lemah -0.0131	Négatip lemah -0.0533	Négatip lemah -0.1815
Answer 10	-	Positip lemah 0.0776	Positip lemah 0.0744	Négatip lemah -0.0185	Positip lemah 0.0224	Positip lemah 0.0352	Négatip lemah -0.0135	Négatip lemah -0.1293
Answer 11	-	Positip lemah 0.0585	Positip lemah 0.0531	Négatip lemah -0.0094	Positip lemah 0.0086	Positip lemah 0.0195	Positip lemah 0.0313	Négatip lemah -0.1200
Answer 12	-	Positip lemah 0.0378	Positip lemah 0.1030	Négatip lemah -0.0357	Positip lemah 0.0350	Positip lemah 0.0261	Positip lemah 0.0297	Négatip lemah -0.1510
Answer 13	-	Positip lemah 0.0642	Positip lemah 0.1044	Négatip lemah -0.0454	Positip lemah 0.0259	Positip lemah 0.0424	Positip lemah 0.0183	Négatip lemah -0.1595
Answer 14	-	Positip lemah 0.0718	Positip lemah 0.1034	Négatip lemah -0.0003	Négatip lemah -0.0085	Négatip lemah -0.0016	Positip lemah 0.0074	Négatip lemah -0.1172
Answer 15	-	Positip lemah 0.0550	Positip lemah 0.1382	Négatip lemah -0.0418	Positip lemah 0.0181	Négatip lemah -0.0163	Positip lemah 0.0211	Négatip lemah -0.1183
Answer 16	-	Positip lemah 0.0591	Positip lemah 0.0276	Négatip lemah -0.0384	Négatip lemah -0.0397	Positip lemah 0.0651	Positip lemah 0.0280	Négatip lemah -0.0710

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2023.10.13

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