Rick Ansoff, PhD

Research Interests

• The nature of human agency (including biological, philosophical and historical aspects)
• The Philosophy of research methods and statistics
• The Philosophy of science

Courses Taught (Graduate)

• Dissertation Design
• Dissertation Implementation
• Statistics
• Measurement
• Research methods

Courses Taught (Undergraduate)

• Learning Theory
• Statistics
• Introductory SAS (Statistical Analysis Systems)
• Major Figures in Philosophy
• Philosophy of Psychology
• History of Psychology

Publications and Presentations

• Ansoff, R. (1993). Finding a home for a psychology of volition. Theory and Psychology, 3(3), 323-336.
• Ansoff, R. (1995). In the shadow of the average man: The forgotten warnings of Adolphe Quetelet. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in New York.
• Ansoff, R. (1995). Serial order and the problem of rapid, complex action. American Psychologist, 50, 178.
• Ansoff, R. (1996). How can there be personal agency without an ontology of the individual? Theory and Psychology. 6, 539- 544.
• Ansoff, R. (1997). Kuhn's scientific revolutions are not grounds for skepticism in Psychology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in Washington, D.C.
• Ansoff , R. (1999). Darwin on survival through cooperation, not competition. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in Providence, Rhode Island.
• Ansoff, R. (1999). Voluntary control of meta-motivational states in reversal theory. Paper presented at the Ninth International Congress on Reversal Theory in Toronto, Canada.
• Ansoff, R. (2000). Teaching research methods and postmodern theory: The criterion of utility. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Ansoff, R. (2000). Reversal Theory in the Next Century and the Emerging struggle between artifact and entity theorists. Paper presented at the Ken Smith Memorial Conference on Reversal Theory in Bristol, England.
• Ansoff, R. (2000). The postmodern challenge to scientific psychology. Paper presented at the monthly November meeting of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the Washington, D. C. Secular Humanists .
• Hinke, K. & Ansoff, R. & Robinson, D. N. (1997). A comparison of moral reasoning skills of fourth and sixth Graders in Mexico and the U. S. : Justice/Care Orientation and Culture . Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

Professional Activities

• Rick Ansoff has taught at Georgetown University and United States International University / Alliant International University.

Degrees, Professional Licenses, Certifications, and Honors

• The French Embassy Prize from the International School of Brussels (Belgium)
• BA, psychology (cum laude), United States International University
• MA, general psychology and statistics, Georgetown University
• PhD, general psychology and statistics, Georgetown University

Interests and Hobbies

• Shortwave radio listening
• Psychology of investing
• Classical music

Personal Web Page

• Rick Ansoff"s Personal Web Page: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6556