Chapter 1: Introduction: A Hidden World of Nonformal Expert Reasoning This chapter motivates the study of nonformal methods experts use during the process of creative theory formation rather than those they display in polished articles after the fact, and describes the method of video taped think aloud protocols used in this study. The tapes capture scientists in the act of: mentally performing...

Three hundred and four new and return paediatric outpatient consultations were tape recorded. Questionnaires (and tapes) relating to the experience were returned from 286 families. They showed that tapes had been helpful to more than 99% of parents and grandparents. The main benefits were in refreshing the memories of those who attended the consultation and in helping the understanding of those...

Earlier research has shown that young adults exhibit less favorable reactions to older speakers than to their peers, especially for intellectual and social competence. The present study examined the role of age in modifying the evaluations of listeners for effective and ineffective speakers. In a communication paradigm, 80 undergraduate students listened to and followed the taped instructions o...

BACKGROUND cancer patients require palliative care. AIM the purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of nurses, who provide palliative care for cancer patients, within the context of Iranian culture. METHODS we conducted a hermeneutic phenomenological study. Semi structured in-depth interviews with 10 nurses were audio taped and transcribed. The transcriptions were then analyzed...

While the need for protection of patient privacy in electronic communications is well established in health care environments, consideration of the intrusion electronic media may have on employees is not as well developed. Staff may be subject to photography, video, and audio recording by patients, family, or visitors without their knowledge or consent. Occasionally, healthcare providers may be...

In this paper, we describe a series of workshops which were carried out in homes of five families in Scotland. The aim of the workshops was to explore the requirements that people have for new technologies in a household environment. The workshops were video-taped, transcribed and analysed from a number of perspectives. In this paper we concentrate on an analysis of the transcripts from the per...

A new CMOS LC Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) for IEEE 802.11a application with low phase noise and consumed power less than 1mW is presented. This circuit was taped out by TSMC 0.18um 1P6M process. The measured phase noise is -115-88dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset at the operation frequency of 5.815GHz. And the dc core current consumption is 0.71mA at a supply voltage of 1.4 V. Its figure of merit (...

In a study exploring the cross-situational consistency of behavior, 140 undergraduate Ss were video-taped in each of 3 laboratory settings, and personality descriptions of these Ss were obtained from friends and acquaintances. Analyses focused on the degree to which Ss maintained consistent patterns of behavior across laboratory settings and between these settings and daily life. The following ...

Based on gender schema theory, social role theory, and social-cognitive theory, this study investigated whether biological sex and gender conformity (femininity and masculinity) predict selective exposure to gender-typed magazines and whether this exposure, in turn, reinforces gender conformity. Participants browsed full issues—three women’s magazines, three associated with male readers, and th...

This prospective longitudinal study explores the differential effects of family connection and family individuation measured during adolescence on later midlife well-being. Home interviews were held in the 1970s with 99 families of 245 adolescents. Connection and individuation in the family system were measured by self-report, a projective exercise, and coding of taped family interactions. Twen...