Resume
William S. Dockens III PhD
Consulting Mathematical Psychologist
Theme / Objectives | This resume is the result of the vision of a ten year old, who upon reading a color vision section in his mother's introductory university text, decided to become an experimental psychologist. The journey from the mean streets of Cleveland Ohio to a quiet suburb bordering Copenhagen was to literally circle the globe. It led him through some of the world's best universities and finest laboratories. He was fortunate enough to meet, befriend and be influenced by men and women who were milestones for leading scientists, scholars, performing artists and martial artists. The result is a global perspective that straddles three cultures and focuses at the interfaces of a broad spectrum of disciplines.
The period 1962-1972 was devoted primarily to the study of reflexes fundamental to learning and perception. Behavioral genetics and human games dominated the period 1972-1984. Cultural barriers, meta-mathematics and strategy were paramount 1984-1996. Information Technology and genetic codes were the focus 1996-2001. Finally, after living the first half of his life in the United States and the second half in Europe he met two editors from the International Society for Systems Sciences (ISSS), an American and an Englishman, who encouraged him to publish his conclusions. In five papers, written between 2002 and 2005, he used an integrated behavioral science to evaluate the future status of ethical philosophy against psycholinguist George Lakoff's formulation of the "Great Chain" metaphor and the "New Reality". The result was a General Systems theory integrating behavioral science, ethics and demography. |
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Areas of Competence | Cultural Integration Consultant to business management and government integration groups General Systems Member of Information Technology Special Integration Group in International Society for Systems Sciences (ISSS) Mathematical Psychology Stockholm University Department of Scaling and Psychophysics Psychopharmacology University of Minnesota, program under Travis Thompson, University of Michigan under C.R. Schuster Learning Institute of Behavioral Research at University of Maryland Cultural Anthropology Post doctoral studies at Uppsala University Martial Arts Over thirty years of teaching experience. Trained by Dr. William C.C. Hu (Taijiquan), Da Liu (I Ching and Tai Chi Ch'üan), George Westerman, (Tai Chi Ch'üan), James Chang (Chin Na and Dim-Mac) |
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Professional Experience |
1970-2001: Psychological Institute, Uppsala University Associate Professor
University Lektor (Associate professor)
Clinical Psychologist
Associate Scientist (Research and Development Department)
Research Fellow (Psychopharmacology Program)
Research Assistant (Psychopharmacology Department)
Laboratory Mechanic (Institute of Behavioral Research)
Social Science Analyst (Professional Service)
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Education | 1970-1974: Uppsala University, Uppsala
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Languages | Native Language: English Second Language: Swedish Third Language: Danish |
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Research Program | The Asimov Scenarios (code named "prime radiant") began as a quasi humorous thought experiment, a joke to show that the imaginative bio and physical chemist, Isaac Asimov, should leave speculation about future behavioral science to professionals. It ceased being a joke when Asimov's approach was not only proven right, but his conclusion was, in 1972, two decades ahead of conventional behavioral research. When the invention of chaos mathematics, advances in genetics and information technology suggested a global picture resembling scenarios from Asimov's award wining Foundation Saga the secret competition became serious-but fun! By 1992 my conclusions were only one decade behind. His untimely death ended sadly the competition. The spin-offs, however, were many and still counting. A few are listed below.
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Publications | Dockens III, W.S. 1959. Conference of Social and Physical Environmental Variables as Determinants of Mental Health. In twelve volumes. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare. Vol. 2 (1957). Dockens III, W.S. 1959. Conference of Social and Physical Environmental Variables as Determinants of Mental Health. In twelve volumes. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare. Vol. 3 (1957). Dockens III, W.S. 1959. Conference of Social and Physical Environmental Variables as Determinants of Mental Health. In twelve volumes. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare. Vol. 4 (1958). Dockens III, W.S. 1959. Conference of Social and Physical Environmental Variables as Determinants of Mental Health. In twelve volumes. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare. Vol. 5 (1958). Dockens III, W.S. 1960. Conference of Social and Physical Environmental Variables as Determinants of Mental Health. In twelve volumes. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare. Vol. 5 (1958). Dockens III, W.S. 1960. Conference of Social and Physical Environmental Variables as Determinants of Mental Health. In twelve volumes. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare. Vol. 6 (1959). Dockens III, W.S. 1960. Conference of Social and Physical Environmental Variables as Determinants of Mental Health. In twelve volumes. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare. Vol. 7 (1959). Dockens III, W.S. 1960. Conference of Social and Physical Environmental Variables as Determinants of Mental Health. In twelve volumes. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare. Vol. 8 (1960). Dockens III, W.S. 1961. Conference of Social and Physical Environmental Variables as Determinants of Mental Health. In twelve volumes. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare. Vol. 9 (1960). Dockens III, W.S. 1961. Conference of Social and Physical Environmental Variables as Determinants of Mental Health. In twelve volumes. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare. Vol. 10 (1961). Dockens III, W.S. 1962. Conference of Social and Physical Environmental Variables as Determinants of Mental Health. In twelve volumes. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare. Vol. 11 (1961). Dockens III, W.S. 1962. Conference of Social and Physical Environmental Variables as Determinants of Mental Health. In twelve volumes. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare. Vol. 12 (1962). Dockens III. W.S. 1968. Effects of Anthocyanidin on Scotopic Vision. Honeywell Systems and Research Report No. 8D-M-3. Dockens III, W.S. 1969. An Operant Method of Limits Design Applied to Spectral Sensitivity. Avd. För Perception och Psykofysik. Psykologiska institutionen. Stockholms Universitet. Licentiatavhandling ( translated, Ph.D. dissertation). Dockens III, W.S. 1972. Report From Vadstena: An Ecological Study of Changing Institutions. Report 122 Department of Psychology. University of Uppsala. Dockens III, W.S. 1973. Beyond Circles and Poor Scholarship. Nordisk tidskrift för beteendeterapi, Vol. 2. 1. Dockens III, W.S. 1973. Toward a Behavioral Ecology: A Psychological Systems Approach to Social Problems. Doctoral dissertation. Uppsala: Uppsala University. Dockens III, W.S. 1975. Operant conditioning: A general systems approach. In Thompson, T. & Dockens III, W.S. (Eds.), Applications of Behavioral Modification. pp. 425-441. New York: Academic Press. Dockens III, W.S. 1977. The behavioral ecology of competition dogs: An application of a behaviorally based, multidisciplinary methodology. Presented at International Congress of Behaviour Therapy (7th European congress of Behaviour Therapy) August 24-27, Uppsala Sweden. Abstract in Scand. J. Behav. Therapy, suppl. 6, p. 52(b). Dockens III, W.S. 1977. Bio-Social Ethics vs Ecological Pragmatism. Presented at International Congress of Behaviour Therapy (7th European congress of Behaviour Therapy) August 24-27, Uppsala Sweden. Abstract in Scand. J. Behav. Therapy, suppl. 6, p. 53(b). Dockens III, W.S. 1978. Psychoecology: Ecological Systems Generated Theories of Psychoanalysis. Uppsala Psychological Reports. No 244. Department of Psychology. Uppsala University. Dockens III, W.S. 1979. Induction/Catastrophe Theory: A behavioral ecological approach to cognition in human individuals. Behavioral Science, 24, 94-111. Dockens III, W.S. 1984. A biobehavioral approach to treatment of amphetamine addition: A four-way integration. In Thompson, T. & Dews, P.B. Advances in Behavioral Pharmacology, 4, pp. 89-104. New York: Academic Press. Dockens III, W.S. 1984. Improving on Shakespeare: A Catastrophe Theory Approach to Operant Integration. Symposium on Analysis and Integration of Behavioral Units: Presentation at n International Conference in Honor of Professor Emeritus Kenneth MacCorquodale. October 18-19, St. Paul Minnesota. Dockens III, W.S. 1985, COMIC WALTZ ON AN ICY KNOLL in Frost, J. American Poetry Anthology, Vol. IV, 3, pg. 69. Santa Cruz:The American Poetry Association, Dockens III, W.S. 1986, Kultur, Politik och Logik? Tidskriften Mosaik. Riksf. Stockholm: Invandrarnas Kulturcentrum, pp.29-32. Dockens III, W.S. 1986, Kultur, Politik och Logik? Tidskriften Mosaik. Riksf. Stockholm: Invandrarnas Kulturcentrum, pp.29-32. Dockens III, W.S. 1991, Lämmelbabianer. Tidskriften Mosaik. Riksf. Stockholm: Invandrarnas Kulturcentrum, pp. 9-16. Dockens III, W.S. 1992. The Psycho-anthropology of Taoism: A Behavioral Ecological Thought Experiment. Two Volumes. Unpublished manuscript. Dockens III, W.S. 1995. Foreword to Hu, W.C., Chinese Lion Dance Explained. Ann Arbor/San Francisco: Ars Ceramica, Ltd. Dockens III, W.S. 1996 (a). Time's Feminine Arrow: A Behavioral Ecological Assault on Cultural and Epistemological Barriers. Behavioral Science, 41, 30-82. Dockens III, W.S. 1996 (b). The Demotion of Alpha-Homo sapiens: Consciousness, Punctuated Equilibrium, and The Laws Of The Game, Presented as an invited paper at Second Conference on the Foundations of Information Science, Vienna University. Published in World Futures, 50, 635-653. Dockens III, W.S. 1996 (c). The Breeding Game. Presented as an invited paper at XXVI International Congress of Psychology, Montréal Canada. Dockens III, W.S. 1996 (d). The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dimensions. In Trofimova & Budanov, (Eds.) Synergetical Psychology. Dockens III, W.S. 1996 (e). At Lære hvordan man lærer: eller hvordan man undgår at forblive n Tai Chi begynder. Tai Chi Nyt. Nr. 22 Sommer. Dockens III, W.S. 1999. The Demotion of Alpha-Homo sapiens: Consciousness, Punctuated Equilibrium, and The Laws Of The Game, Presented as an invited paper at Second Conference on the Foundations of Information Science, Vienna University. Published in Hofkirchner, W. (Ed.), The Quest for a Unified Theory of Information. Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach. Dockens III, W.S. 2004a. The Taiji Connection: A mathematical Psychology Foundation for Mindscapes and Information Systems. Extension and update of The Chinese Connection, a paper presented the 46th Annual Conference of International Society for the Systems Sciences, Shanghai China. Dockens III, W.S. 2004b. The Shanghai Mirror: The Mathematical Psychology of Integration, Mindscapes and Synchronicity-2, a paper presented the 48th Annual Conference of International Society for the Systems Sciences, Asilomar USA. Dockens III, W.S. 2004c. Hari's Hubble: The Mathematical Psychology of Integration, Mindscapes and Synchronicity-3, a paper presented the 48th Annual Conference of International Society for the Systems Sciences, Asilomar USA. Dockens III, W.S. 2005 (a). Morphogenesis, Mindscapes and Metaphors. In process. Dockens III, W.S. 2005 (b). The Genome + Morphogenesis = Lakoff's "New Reality". In process. Dockens III, W.S. & Dureman, I. 1970. A Structural Approach to Behavioral Systems. Report No. 90, Psychological Laboratory, Uppsala. Chang, J.1978. Kärlekens Tao: Den fornkinesiska läran om käSex: The Ancient Chinese Way to Ecstasy.) Introduction by William S. Dockens III. Stockholm: Bonniers. Götestam, K.G., Melin, L., & Dockens III, W.S. , 1975.A Behavioral Program for Intravenous Amphetamine Addicts. In Thompson, T. & Dockens III, W.S. (Eds.), Applications of Behavioral Modification. New York: Academic Press. Hu, W.C.C. 1995 Chinese Lion Dance Explained. (Forward by William S. Dockens III). Ann Arbor Michigan: Ars Ceramica, Ltd. Schuster, C.R., Dockens, W.S. & Woods, J.H. 1966. Behavioral Variables Affecting the Development of Amphetamine Tolerance. Psychopharmacologia (Berl.) 9, 170-182. Reprinted in Thompson, T., Pickens, R. & Meish, R.A., Readings in Behavioral Pharmacology, New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. Sjödén, P-O, Bates, S. & Dockens III, W.S. 1979 (Eds.) Trends in Behavior Therapy. New York: Academic Press. Sperling, H.G., Sidley, N.A., Dockens III. W.S. & Jolliffe, C.L. 1968. Increment-Threshold Spectral Sensitivity of Rhesus Monkey as a Function of the Spectral Composition of the Background Field. Journal of the Optical Society of America., 58,2, 263-268. Sperling, H.G., Jones, A.E. & Dockens III. W.S. 1968. Increment-Threshold Spectral Sensitivity of Rhesus Monkey as a Function of the Spectral Composition of the Background Field. Honeywell Systems and Research Report No. 1549-FRI. Thompson, T. & Dockens III, W.S. 1975. (Eds.), Applications of Behavioral Modification. New York: Academic Press. Thompson, T. Schuster, C.R., Dockens, W.S. & Lee, R. 1964. Mouth-operated Food and Water Manipulanda for use with Monkeys. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 7,7 |
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Miscellaneous | In addition to courses included in degree programs, and the experience acquired through regular employment, there are other courses and other jobs that have had profound influence on my present perspective. Advances in biopsychology, astrophysics, quantum mechanics, behavioral analysis, micro genetics, cultural anthropology, ethology, Information Technology, mathematics and game theory; all contribute to a dynamic agenda.
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