Notion Of Strategy Research Articles

Commentary: On pictures, words, and their mental representation

Summary We share the interest in and enthusiasm for the study of the representation and integration of knowledge that marks the present set of papers. A few of them express a common theme regarding the form of this representation, statable as a belief in a common conceptual code for knowledge. We do not find clear empirical support for this view and find, furthermore, that some of the a priori assumptions underlying the view are questionable. We especially question the ready adoption of a notion of equivalence in picture—word testing, and argue that some of the tests are based on a faulty description of their stimuli; and we show further that some of the claims for bilingual equivalence may be accommodated as well by notions of strategy, set, and skill. In the end we suggest that means-specific representations may provide as plausible an account of knowledge as appeals to a common code do. These many conjectures do seem amenable to empirical test and the present set of papers could well provide a stimulus for further study of these fundamental issues regarding the description of the mind's operations.

Participant Observation and Program Evaluation

The contributions that participant observation can make to the area of program evaluation are analyzed, based on research in a therapeutic drug community. Participant observation is approached from the notion of strategies of participation, namely: (1) gaining access to data; (2) evoking behavior; (3) identifying psychologically with the people being studied; (4) connecting concepts with indicators; and (5) formulating hypotheses. The present study supports the usage of these strategies as a framework that is useful in formulating more scientific approaches to evaluation. 'The implication of the study is that participant observation should be integrated into a network of research techniques.

A note on continuous games, the notion of strategy and Zermelo's axiom.

A note on continuous games, the notion of strategy and Zermelo's axiom.