My current research interests include the economics of attention; problem ecologies; investment decision making; the evolution of adjudicated contests; the social psychology of Third World development; evidential statistics and ordinal patten analysis; and computer aids to group decision making.

I am a Past President of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology, and in addition to my position at Carleton University, I have been a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Santa Barbara; University of St. Petersburg (Russia); University of Warsaw (Poland); La Trobe University (Melbourne); Universidad de la Habana (Cuba); Universidad de los Andes (Venezuela); Institute for Research in Planning and Development (Iran); University of Tehran (Iran); and Carnegie Mellon University.

Primary Interests:

Applied Social Psychology
Internet and Virtual Psychology
Judgment and Decision Making
Organizational Behavior
Research Methods, Assessment

Applied Social Psychology
Internet and Virtual Psychology
Judgment and Decision Making

Organizational Behavior
Research Methods, Assessment

Research Group or Laboratory:

Human Oriented Technology (HOT) Laboratory
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Journal Articles:

Thorngate, W. (2001). The social psychology of policy analysis. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 3, 85-112.
Thorngate, W. (1999). Forget me not: Some comments on self-esteem among Alzheimer’s sufferers. Culture and Psychology, 5, 33-39.
Thorngate, W. (1993). A change of heart: Uses of qualitative gerontology. Canadian Journal on Aging, 12, 244-250.
Thorngate, W. (1990). The economy of attention and the development of psychology. Canadian Psychology, 21, 62-70.
Thorngate, W., & Hotta, M. (1995) Life and luck: Survival of the fattest. Simulation and Gaming, 5-16.
Thorngate, W., & Hotta, M. (1990). Expertise and information retrieval. Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, and Utilization, 11, 237-247.

Other Publications:

Bagherian, F., & Thorngate, W. (2000). Horses to water: Student use of course newsgroups. First Monday, 5(8).
Thorngate, W. (2000). Teaching social simulation with Matlab. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 3(1), (Internet journal).
Thorngate, W. (1992). Evidential statistics and the analysis of developmental patterns. In J. Asendorpf & J. Valsiner (Eds.), Stability and change in development: A study of methodological reasoning (pp. 63-83). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Thorngate, W., & Bagherian, F. (1999). The political economy of attention and the limits of pedagogical technologies. Technology, pedagogy, politics: Critical Visions of New Technologies in Education, Calgary, Alberta. (Internet book).
Thorngate, W., & Balson, D. (1995). Can computer conferencing be effective for information policy formation? In P. McConnell (Ed.), Making a difference: Measuring the impact of information on development (pp. 211-236). Ottawa: International Development Research Centre.
Thorngate, W., Hotta, M., & McClintock, C. (1996). Bingo! The case for cooperation revisited. In Tolman, C., Cherry, F., & Van Hejiwek, R. & Lubek, I. (Eds.), Problems of Theoretical Psychology. New York: Springer.

Courses Taught:

Introduction to Social Psychology

Introduction to Social Psychology

Warren Thorngate
Department of Psychology
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6
Canada

Phone: (613) 520-2600, x2706
Fax: (613) 520-3667