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Thow-Yick, Liang – Information Processing & Management, 1998
Refines the basic entity model of information theory and extends it to analyze mathematically the physical symbol transformation characteristics, as well as energy-matter and cognition phenomena occurring in the human mind. Reviews existing theories; examines physical symbol subsystem, cognitive perspective, energy-matter subsystem; and discusses…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Epistemology, Information Seeking, Information Theory
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Brown, William R. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1978
Ideologizing is presented as the function of innate intrapersonal and interpersonal categorizing of experience. Ideologies flourish in open systems and decline in closed ones. Classical conceptions of science illustrate the process, to the end that an autonomous scientific ideology for the social sciences, including communication, is suggested.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Communication Skills, Information Theory
Smith, Raymond G. – 1970
This volume, designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, addresses the research needs of behavioral scientists interested in various facets of speech-communication and provides a theoretical point of departure for investigating speech as a behavioral science. Chapters 1-7 provide the background and strategy for the formulation of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Theory