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Selected AbstractsChanging views in Canadian geomorphology: are we seeing the landscape for the processes?THE CANADIAN GEOGRAPHER/LE GEOGRAPHE CANADIEN, Issue 3 2010IAN J. WALKER géomorphologie; révolution quantitative; formes du lit marin; éolien; transport des sédiments; dunes Geomorphology in Canada, as elsewhere, has evolved into an essentially bipartite discipline focusing either on ,process' or broader ,historical' (Quaternary) landscape interpretation. A growing emphasis on process-oriented research that relies increasingly on instrumentation and computational technologies has occurred. Critics of such research note limited applicability for landscape evolution, fashionability of methods and limited societal relevance. Indeed, some say we are not seeing the landscape for the processes. This article discusses the changing nature of geomorphology since the Quantitative Revolution of the 1950s including new advances, recent trends and challenges. Publication trends and recent advances suggest that the discipline is very healthy (following a slump in the early 1990s) and continues to evolve, which may reflect increasing research infrastructure and/or funding opportunities and new publications spotlighting Canadian research. Unfortunately, fundamental (less applied) research is threatened by funding program shifts, changing institutional pressures and a decline in research capacity from retirement attrition, and student recruitment challenges. Three research priorities are recommended: (1) continued fundamental research, (2) more integrated modelling to link micro scale processes to macro scale landform behaviour and(3) improvements in profiling our discipline amongst students and related professionals. L'évolution des perspectives de la géomorphologie canadienne : les processus occultent-ils le paysage? Le caractère bipartite que revêt aujourd'hui la géomorphologie au Canada, comme partout ailleurs dans le monde, marque l'aboutissement de l'évolution d'une discipline axée soit sur les «processus», soit sur une interprétation élargie et «historique» (quaternaire) du paysage. De plus en plus, la recherche porte sur les processus et s'inscrit dans le cadre du développement des technologies d'instrumentation et informatique. Plusieurs ont critiqué cette approche de recherche en soulignant ses limites pour étudier l'évolution des paysages, l'effet de mode des méthodes, et la faiblesse de son apport à la société. Certains vont jusqu'à dire que les processus nous cachent la vue du paysage. Cet article traite du caractère évolutif de la géomorphologie depuis les années 1950 quand les bases de la révolution quantitative ont étéétablies. La discussion porte entre autres sur le progrès des connaissances, les dernières tendances et les défis à relever. Les tendances en matière de publication et l'avancement des connaissances laissent croire que la discipline se porte bien (malgré un ralentissement au début des années 1990) et suit une trajectoire évolutive. Il est possible qu'une telle situation soit le reflet del'accroissement des capacités de recherche et/ou du financement et des nouvelles publications mettant en évidence les résultats de recherches canadiennes. Malheureusement, les modifications apportées aux programmes de subvention, les différentes pressions exercées par les institutions, la baisse de régime en matière de recherche causée par les départs à la retraite, et les défis pour assurer la relève universitaire constituent une menace pour la recherche fondamentale (c'est-à-dire moins appliquée). C'est dans cette foulée que trois chantiers de recherche sont proposés : (1) poursuivre la recherche fondamentale, (2) élaborer des modèles plus intégrés qui conjuguent les processus à l'échelle micro et les comportements des formes de relief, et (3) procéder à des améliorations du profilage des étudiants et des professionnels apparentés. [source] Publication trends in behavioral gerontology in the past 25 years: are the elderly still an understudied population in behavioral research?,BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS, Issue 1 2008Jeffrey Buchanan The case is made that issues facing the elderly are problems of social importance that should be of interest to applied behavior analysts. An electronic review of eight prominent behaviorally-oriented journals was conducted in order to examine the frequency of publications over the past 25 years that were concerned with issues related to aging. A total of 109 articles were devoted to aging across the eight journals, with about 30% of these involving participants with cognitive impairments. Results also indicate that each of these journals has published less than one article per year related to aging. The role behavior analysts can play in serving both the elderly and their caregivers is discussed. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Personality psychology as a truly behavioural scienceEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY, Issue 5 2009R. Michael Furr Abstract Personality psychology has been accused of neglecting behaviour,of devoting insufficient attention to what people actually do. The current paper addresses four important issues regarding the study of behaviour as separate from other important psychological responses,the definition of behaviour, the importance of studying behaviour, the strengths and weaknesses of core methods through which behaviour is studied and the degree to which behaviour actually has been studied in personality psychology over the past 15 years (along with information about the use of specific methods of studying behaviour). Analysis of publication trends indicates that behaviour is not studied to the degree it merits; furthermore, it indicates that, when behaviour is studied, it is usually studied at a very generalized level relying on relatively weak methods. The current paper is offered as a starting point for focused discussion of these important issues, potentially enhancing the field's standing as a truly behavioural science. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Seventy Years of Research on Personality and Close Relationships: Substantive and Methodological Trends Over TimeJOURNAL OF PERSONALITY, Issue 6 2002M. Lynne Cooper ABSTRACT The present review is based on a quantitative analysis of the abstracts for 477 studies published since 1932 on the topic of personality and close (romantic) relationships. This approach enables a "bird's-eye" view of the content and methods that have characterized research in this area and an examination of publication trends over time. Results showed that 60% of all published studies in this area relied exclusively on cross-sectional and self-report methods; that nearly all used convenience samples, though more than half used nonstudent samples; and that more than one-third relied exclusively on data from individuals rather than couples. Few studies appeared to include elaborated networks of constructs in either the personality or relationship domain or to attempt to integrate an elaborated model of personality with an elaborated relationship model. Examination of trends over time revealed a mixed picture, with increasing use of the least informative designs balanced by evidence of increasingly complex conceptual models. [source] | ||||||||||