Sidman, J. / Published 2011 / Presentation
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| Presenter | Jacob Sidman, Ph.D. |
| Date | September 24, 2011 |
| Abstract: | A young man, Ryan, has chosen to run across the U.S. at a rate of about 30 miles per day from a beach in Santa Cruz, CA, to a beach in Ocean City, MD. While feats of extraordinary behavior often provoke speculation and the desire for oversimplified explanation, the presenter will instead show how a full description of such behavior—using Ossorio’s Paradigm of Intentional Action (PIA), Person Characteristics, Significance, and State of Affairs concepts—will tell a complete enough story. He will also trace his increasing appreciation of the significance of this young man’s extraordinary behavior to “Intentional Action and Empathy: A Descriptive Psychology Approach,” a recent paper by Wynn Schwartz. |
| Related Papers |
1. Kabat-Zinn, J. (1964). Wherever You Go, There You Are. New York City: Hyperion. 2. Mchenry, R. RunforIt.US. Website, 2011. 3. Ossorio,P.G. (2006). The Behavior of Persons. Ann Arbor: Descriptive Psychology Press. 4. Sidman, J. (1968). Empathy and Helping Behavior in College Students. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, Inc. 5. Schwartz, W. (2010). Draft of a paper subsequently published as: Schwartz, W. (2013). The parameters of empathy: Core considerations for psychotherapy and supervision. In K.E. Davis, R.M. Bergner, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.10 (pp. 197-212). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press. |