COLLECTION NAME:
Peter G. Ossorio Collection
Record
Collection Name:
Peter G. Ossorio Collection
Title:
Tom Mitchel Master, Part 1
Title Type:
Proper Title
Name:
Ossorio, Peter G.
Resource Type:
Moving image
Genre:
color films (visual works)
Genre:
lectures
Date Created:
1987
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 videocassette (1 hour, 31 min., 31 sec.)
Form:
VHS
Abstract:
A recorded lecture of Tom Mitchell in which he discusses topics including the history of descriptive psychology, real world, language and reality, facts, distinctions, paradigm case formulation, parametric analysis, behavior, and the division between traditional psychology and descriptive psychology.
Note:
00:00:00 [Unintelligible and the sound of someone writing an a chalk board] 00:00:40 Tom Mitchell introduces the lecture titled Introductory Tutorial: Fundamentals of Descriptive Psychology. 00:02:52 Mitchell introduces himself and how he first heard and become interested in descriptive psychology. 00:03:41 Mitchell gives an organizational history of descriptive psychology discusses topics of the Society for Descriptive Psychology, Peter Ossorio and his works, Mary Shideler, and Keith E. Davis. 00:11:33 Mitchell instructs the audience to go around and introduce themselves. 00:17:06 Mitchell discusses the St. Lewis Cardinal's and baseball and connects it to descriptive psychology in the idea of what’s the real world and what the possible facts are. 00:26:06 Mitchel discusses Peter Ossorio's insight into "baseball talk" as a technical term within descriptive psychology to explain the use of language to discern reality. Mitchell uses "animal training talk", "operant conditioning talk", "behavior therapy talk", etc. to show an example of language and reality. 00:32:47 Mitchell discusses the definition of descriptive psychology and how to and if you can ground knowledge. 00:37:32 Mitchell discusses the meaning of distinctions, access, and facts in the definition of descriptive psychology. 00:41:17 An audience member asks Mitchell to distinguish between symbolism and the symbolism of reality. He also asks if reality can exist without symbolism. 00:42:33 Mitchell passes the discussion off to Mary Shideler to answer. Peter Ossorio also participates to answer the question. 00:44:47 Mitchell discusses descriptive psychology as a pre-theoretical framework. 00:49:06 Mitchell discusses distinctions and definitions. 00:55:49 Mitchell discusses tactics to portray concepts. One tactic outlined is paradigm case formulation. 01:00:43 An audience member comments on the paradigm example. 01:01:06 Mitchell responds and continues discussing the paradigm case formulation. 01:05:22 Mitchell discusses parametric analysis. He uses sound and color as an example. 01:10:39 Mitchell discusses behavior. 00:13:45 Mitchell discusses want, performance, achievement, significance, and person characteristics and their relationship to behavior. 01:18:48 An audience member asks how person characteristics is different from identity. 01:19:41 Mitchell discusses descriptive psychologies use of parameters to make distinctions. 01:22:04 Mitchell addresses the audience to make sure they are following him so far. 01:22:54 An audience member asks about the division between traditional psychology and descriptive psychology. Shideler and Mitchell address the question. 01:26:03 An audience member comments on the discussion regarding habits, thoughts, and behaviors. 01:26:55 Peter Ossorio continues the discussion regarding the division between traditional psychology and descriptive psychology. 01:27:37 Mitchell and audience member expand on Ossorio's comments. 01:29:03 Mitchell discusses the significance of publishing works on and teaching descriptive psychology. 01:30:27 Mitchell instructs the audience for a break. 01:31:31 End of recording.
Note Type:
Segment sequence
Subject Topic:
Descriptive psychology
Subject Topic:
Human behavior
Subject Topic:
Distinction (Philosophy)
Subject Topic:
Paradigm (Theory of knowledge)
Subject Topic:
Psychology
Subject Name:
Ossorio, Peter G.
Subject Name:
Shideler, Mary McDermott
Subject Name:
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951
Subject Name:
Mitchell, Tom, 1935-2020
Subject Name:
University of Colorado Boulder
Subject Name:
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Subject Geographic:
Boulder (Colorado, United States, North America) (inhabited place)
Identifier:
U183071307255_narv_ossorioPeter_37-31_tomMitchellPart1_a.mp4
Physical Location:
COU:3855 | Box: 37 | Tape: 30
Related Item:
Tom Mitchel Master, Part 2
Related Item Type:
constituent
Related Item Identifier:
U183071307263_narv_ossorioPeter_37-30_tomMitchellPart2_a.mp4
Date Captured:
Spring, 2024
Internet Media Type:
video/mp4
Digital Origin:
reformatted digital
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