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Brad Jesness has added an update

Dec 30,2017

ANY good ethology would belong in this new Yahoo Group/mailing list

A new Yahoo Group: &quot;A Human Ethogram&quot;: https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/humanethogram/info Any research report that looks like it could be part of the information for an ethogram, or clearly pointing to such information would, of course, be VERY WELCOME.

Brad Jesness has added an update

Dec 28,2017

Letter sent to those with similar aims: Directly observable proximate causes at INCEPTION of sign. new levels/stages of cognitive development

Letter sent to those with similar aims: Directly observable proximate causes at INCEPTION of sign. new levels/stages of cognitive development Re: Directly observable proximate causes at INCEPTION of every significant new level/stage of cognitive development Dear [whoever]: Having begun your &quot;[whatever]&quot; paper, I would like to invite you to check me out on researchgate : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brad_Jesness2 and especially, in particular, read: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286920820_A_Human_Ethogram_Its_Scientific_Acceptability_and_Importance_now_NEW_because_new_technology_allows_investigation_of_the_hypotheses_an_early_MUST_READ and Book &quot;Essentially, all Recent Essays on Ethogram Theory&quot;: &quot;Essentially, all Recent Essays on Ethogram Theory&quot; Together this is literally a book describing, explicating, elaborating and justifying the kind of hypotheses proposed (see: &quot;perceptual shifts&quot; noted, below) , now finally investigate-able i.e. testable, verifiable and provable or disprovable: The research is done with the new eye-tracking technology and, perhaps, some computer assisted analysis. [ The view and approach described and detailed also clearly identifies the causes of the errors in both classical psychology theories (of development/personality) and does likewise even more so for several &quot;flailing&quot; modern (pop?) theories. So it shows why and how this new perspective and approach is correct (e.g. biologically consistent, or just &quot;biological&quot;, for short) and why and how the &quot;flailing&quot; theories came to be, plus how the classical theories are also clearly incomplete and/or mistaken: In short it clearly makes the case for this approach being correct, while falling &quot;prey&quot; to none of the bad 'assumption'-making and bad 'assumption'/presumption-taking (from long-standing philosophy) clearly pointed out as existentially central for those other theories. ] This (the relevant hypotheses) is all about finding the &quot;perceptual shifts&quot; (given what these likely are like) AS directly observable proximate causes in behavior patterns (along with present environmental aspects) at INCEPTION of every major significant new level/stage of cognitive development (and there are likely 5, based on observations and findings/interpretations of all classical existing theories -- the only ones described even today in modern General Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality, and Cognition, ETC., textbooks today). We are talking about the actual concrete bases (real-time, real-present-reality) CONCRETE proximate causes of the INCEPTION of each new cognitive level/stage, being both directly observable behavior patterns AND aspects of the organism's current environment. This is an ultimate (real) identifiable proximate cause to/for all major cognitive advances AT THEIR INCEPTION, including those levels/stages that result in abstract thought. The view ends up being congruent with many good things : for example: consistent with necessarily applicable biological principles and solving the large majority of the specific problems that have been cited for true (full) artificial intelligence. Also: the perspective ends major unproductive dualisms forever, including nature/nurture and continuous development vs. discontinuous development. It solves all the same type of problems as the mistaken &quot;embodiment&quot; or &quot;sensor-motor contingency&quot; theories and &quot;enactment theories&quot; seek to solve -- but these &quot;perceptual shifts&quot; are ultimately empirically based and, in main absolutely central aspects, directly testable (unlike the tenets of those previously-mentioned sorts of 'theory') . We are talking as evidence: directly (presently) observable (though subtle) behavior patterns, and the corresponding present (concrete) aspects of the current environment involved with these. It also clearly fixes the major inconsistency in Perceptual Control Theory. Moreover, many of the justifying arguments and 'assumptions' pointed out show clearly why some of the modern theories got off track (and then came into existence) in the first place; so it explains the &quot;myopia&quot;. The writing total 500 pages, but I think it is a good &quot;book&quot;. Regards, Brad Jesness

Brad Jesness has added an update

Dec 20,2017

There is now a Human Ethogram Yahoo Group

There is now a Human Ethogram Yahoo Group This group is about approaches that can be seen to be 100% empirically-based and such approaches must deal with the individual human, and only that, as its subject matter. It is to be (eventually) a way to outline all the major innately-guided behavioral developments that result in an adult human; it is thought that this must be a developmental approach (involve a study of ontogeny). For clear practical reasons, and reasons related to the centrality of some systems of behavior, a proposed approach may begin with the study of the development of just a major pervasive subset of behavior patterns -- any major related system(s) of behavior. Thus, the approach to an ethogram may well not cover ALL an ethogram is supposed to cover, but should make clear how to study major aspects of a human behavioral system(s) and its development. One example of such an approach could be a cognitive-developmental approach Again, though : it must be clearly empirically founded or grounded in all respects, AND with clear testable hypotheses. All descriptions of behavior and concepts developing MUST have a clear relationship to some directly observable behavior patterns and the corresponding environmental aspects -- with some directly observable proximate causes in BOTH for (involved in yielding) behavioral change. There is now a Human Ethogram Yahoo Group https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/humanethogram/info

Brad Jesness has added an update

Dec 7,2017

Still Looking for lead/head Collaborator to do the needed empirical research (eye-tracking and clear analysis of behavior patterns)

Looking for lead/head Collaborator to do the needed empirical research (eye-tracking and clear analysis of behavior patterns) Here is a recent post (Question) which may clarify what is needed: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Have_Technologies_in_the_role_of_a_MICROSCOPE_for_psychology_been_developed_which_can_now_be_used_to_investigate_important_observational_specifics (Please try to ignore the spam &quot;Answers&quot; below the Question and below my top 2 Answers. Those posts from &quot;Nathan Latvaitis&quot; are incoherent nonsense and from someone with no education in the area, but a lot of ADD.) [ I will still say: All this is not so sophisticated that an AI team could not educate a team member to get all the background needed from psychology and do this research. Then perhaps your team can develop even greater AI. ] SPECIFICALLY : Looking for interested party to do the needed research to test (and hopefully successfully verify) the hypotheses about empirical phenomenon outlined in the major paper (reference) of this Project (&quot;A Human Ethogram ...&quot;). AND, this person must be IN A POSITION TO DO SO, with a position and modern facilities, where she/he can do the basic research to test these empirical hypotheses. You, then, of course would become the head Collaborator on/of this Project. I sincerely regret that I can offer likely little more than that in my existing major papers (available via researchgate.net) and in my many essays in my Questions and in my Answers here (on researchgate.net; for my Q and As go to my Profile, then click Contributions, then click Questions/Answers) -- already posted. OR, SEE BELOW: P.S. To see a Collection of all my writings here on Researchgate : see: &quot;Essentially, all Recent Essays on Ethogram Theory&quot;