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Activity Measurement in Psychology and Medicine

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Warren W. Tryon

    1. Fordham University, Bronx, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series B: (NSSB)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction to Behavioral Physics: Activity

    • Warren W. Tryon
    Pages 1-22

  3. Equipment Used for Measuring Activity

    • Warren W. Tryon
    Pages 23-63

  4. Activity, Mood Disorders, and Schizophrenia

    • Warren W. Tryon
    Pages 65-86

  5. Activity and Hyperactivity-Attention Deficit Disorder

    • Warren W. Tryon
    Pages 87-121

  6. Activity and Eating Disorders

    • Warren W. Tryon
    Pages 123-147

  7. Activity and Sleep

    • Warren W. Tryon
    Pages 149-195

  8. Activity, Drugs, and Substance Use

    • Warren W. Tryon
    Pages 197-207

  9. Activity and Chronic Disease

    • Warren W. Tryon
    Pages 209-220

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 221-247
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About this book

In his treatment of activity measurement in the fields of medicine and psychology, Tryon gives us a book that clearly accomplishes the three purposes set out in its preface. The reader is definitely encouraged to wrestle with the concepts ofbehavior and activity in terms of "dynamic physical quantities." Moreover, the reader cannot help but become familiarized with the technology available for performing activity measurements. Motivation to use some of this technology is enhanced by the very extensive summary of other people's uses of it provided throughout the book. Readers may find the book provocative on a number of Ievels. It is concep­ tually provocative to those of us struggling with understanding basic issues in the assessment and measurement of behavior. It is practically provocative to those of us working with various forms of behavioral difference, especially in clinical popula­ tions. The book provokes because it is essentially an unfinished exploration, open­ ing us to numerous pathways that, when traveled, reveal still more paths to explore. In this sense the book should be heuristically useful both in the more traditional empirical sense, and in terms of its Stimulation of conceptual discussion.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Fordham University, Bronx, USA

    Warren W. Tryon

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Activity Measurement in Psychology and Medicine

  • Authors: Warren W. Tryon

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series B:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9003-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43786-1Published: 31 August 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-9005-4Published: 22 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-9003-0Published: 22 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0258-1221

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 247

  • Topics: Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Health Informatics

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