Consequences of continuity: The hunt for intrinsic properties within parameters of dynamics in psychological processes
Consequences of continuity: The hunt for intrinsic properties within parameters of dynamics in psychological processes
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DOI：
10.1207/s15327906mbr3703_5
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发表时间：
2002-01-01
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3.8
通讯作者：
Boker, SM
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作者：
Boker, SM
三百多年前，艾萨克·牛顿爵士写了一组简单的关系，可以用来预测物体之间的相对运动。这种见解的主要优点是，行星和恒星运动之间的关系可以比精确但繁琐的托勒密计算更简单地预测出来。但也许接受牛顿的洞见的最重要的结果是，可以将质量等内在属性与重量等测量值区分开来。牛顿力学的成功直接导致了力、相对速度和动量等参数的广泛使用，作为理解运动物体动力学的一种方式。一场类似的思维革命似乎正在行为科学领域展开。深入的纵向测量与动力系统分析相结合，很可能会产生简化但强大的心理过程演化模型。在这种情况下，我们有理由期望一组内在的心理特性可以从成功的动力系统模型的参数中提取出来。这篇文章的目的是发出一个狩猎邀请，提供一个暂定的地图，关于游戏可能被发现的地方，并吹响狩猎号角。
A little over three hundred years ago Sir Isaac Newton wrote of a simple set of relations that could be used to predict the motions of objects relative to one another. The main advantage of this insight was that the relationship between the movements of the planets and stars could be predicted much more simply than with the accurate, but cumbersome Ptolemaic calculations. But perhaps the most important consequence of the acceptance of Newton's insight was that intrinsic properties such as mass could be distinguished from measurements such as weight. The success of Newtonian mechanics led directly to the widespread use of parameters such as force, relative speed, and momentum as a way of understanding the dynamics of moving objects. A similar revolution in thinking appears to be underway in the behavioral sciences. It is likely that intensive longitudinal measurement coupled with dynamical systems analyses will lead to simplified but powerful models of the evolution of psychological processes. In this case, it is reasonable to expect that a set of intrinsic psychological properties may be able to be extracted from the parameters of successful dynamical systems models. The purpose of this article is to issue an invitation to the hunt, to provide a tentative map as to where the game might likely be found, and blow a call on the hunting horn.