Steven M. Kemp, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar,

 
Psychology Department phone: NO PHONE CALLS
Davie Hall, CB#3270 e-mail: steve_kemp@unc.edu
University of North Carolina homepage: http://www.unc.edu/~skemp/
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270  
 

 

Educational History:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Major: Quantitative/Cognitive Psychology
Minors: Philosophy
General Psychology
Degree: Ph.D. May, 1993
Dissertation: The Effect of Temporal-Causal Content on Reasoning with Categorical Syllogisms.
(Chair: Samuel Fillenbaum, Ph.D.)
 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Major: Quantitative/Cognitive Psychology
Degree: M.A. December, 1990
Thesis: Substantive versus Perceptual Contributions of Vague Frequency Expressions to the Validity of MMPI Items.
(Chair: Samuel Fillenbaum, Ph.D.)
 
New York University, New York, NY
School of Continuing Education
Certificate in Data Processing. August, 1979
 
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Major: Psychology
Minor: Certificate in Theatre & Dance
Degree: B.A. June, 1977
Thesis: Information Processing in Learning Theory: A proposed mathematical model of classical conditioning.
 

 

Related Employment:

Researcher in Cognitive Science and Behavior Analysis 1993-present
Department of Psychology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Description: Design and implement Neural Network simulations.
 
Behavior Analyst/Neural Network Specialist Nov. 1999 - Feb. 2000
Applied Behavior Systems
(Supervisor: Bill Hutchison, Ph.D.)
Description: Laboratory testing of proprietary Automated Speech Recognition system. Development programming of internal utility for generating training protocols for Genetic Algorithm training of Neural Network.
 
Guest reviewer, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Fall, 1993
Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
(David A. Eckerman, Editor)
Description: Responsible for reviewing submitted manuscripts assigned by editor.
 
Instructor, Introductory Psychology Spring, 1993
Division of Continuing Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Description: Sole instructor. Responsible for selection of text, plan of syllabus, authoring lectures and exams, giving lectures, all grading.
 
Guest reviewer, Representative Research in Social Psychology Fall, 1992
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Nancy Yovetich, Editor)
Description: Responsible for reviewing submitted manuscripts assigned by editor.
 
Assistant Computer Support Technician Fall, 1990 - Spring, 1991
L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Supervisor: Ken Pauwels, B.S.)
Description: Responsible for all software support for micro-computers (both Macintosh & IBM) and IBM mainframe computers, as well as systems analysis and design of computer-assisted classroom scheduling system.
 
Computer Consultant Fall, 1989 - Spring, 1990
Psychology Department
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Supervisor: Ken Pauwels, B.S.)
Description: Responsible for all software support for micro-computers (both Macintosh & IBM) and IBM mainframe computers, as well as data processing consulting for graduate students research.
 
Class Instructor, Experimental Psychology Spring, 1989
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Professor: David A. Eckerman, Ph.D.)
Description: Sole instructor. Responsible for classroom demonstrations, on-line computer exercises, authoring lectures and exams, all grading.
 
Teaching Assistant, Cognitive Science Seminar Fall, 1988
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Professor: Forrest Young, Ph.D.)
Description: Responsible for preparation of materials, phone interviews with guest lecturers, compilation of bibliography.
 
Computer Lab Technician and Consultant Spring, 1988
School of Nursing
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Supervisor: Sandra Funk, Ph.D.)
Description: Responsible for all computer consulting and primary statistical consulting for all Masters candidates in Nursing.
 
Teaching Assistant, Statistics and Methodology Fall, 1987
School of Nursing
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Professor: Arlene Payne, Ph.D.)
Description: Lab instructor. Responsible for computer training, laboratory sessions, grading homework assignment, some lecturing, grading final projects.
 
Research Assistant Fall, 1986 - Spring, 1987
Psychology Department
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Supervisor: Thomas S. Wallsten, Ph.D.)
Description: Responsible for statistical analysis of experimental data.
 
Research Assistant Fall, 1985 - Spring, 1986
Psychology Department
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Supervisor: Forrest Young, Ph.D.)
Description: Responsible for conversion of statistical analysis program from mainframe to micro-computer.
 

 

Awards and Grants:

Annual Graduate Student Award December, 1991
L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 

 

Positions Held:

American Psychological Society
student affiliate member    1991 to 1992
member 1993 to present
 
American Psychological Association
student affiliate member    1988 to 1991
member 1994 to present
 
Association for Behavior Analysis
student affiliate member   1988 to 1992
member 1993 to present
 

Publications:

Kemp,
 
S. M. & Kemp, S. A. (2004). Business Statistics Demystified. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Kemp,
 
S. M. & Eckerman, D. A. (2002). Simulating a shaping task. The Behavior Analyst Today, 3, 166-178.

Kemp,
 
S. M. (2002). Operationalizing situated cognition and learning. Cognitive Systems Research Journal, 3, 361-383.

Kemp,
 
S. M. & Eckerman, D. A. (2001). Why Simulate? Revista Brasileira de Terapia Comportamental e Cognitiva (The Brazilian Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy), 3, 25-35.

Kemp,
 
S. M., & Eckerman, D. A. (2001). Situational descriptions of behavioral procedures: The In Situ testbed. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 75, 135-164.

Eckerman,
 
D. A., & Kemp, S. M. (2001). Selection: Unexplored and underexplored realms. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24, 536-537.

Childs,
 
R. A., Dahlstrom, W. G., Kemp, S. M., & Panter, A. T. (2000). Item Response Theory in Personality Assessment: A demonstration using the MMPI-2 depression scale. Assessment, 7, 37-54.

Kemp,
 
S. M. & Eckerman, D. A. (2000). Behavioral patterning by neural networks lacking sensory innervation. Revista Mexicana de Analisis de la Conducta (The Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis), 26, 229-249.

Kemp,
 
S. M. (1997). R-S and S(-O)-R: Alternative designs for neural networks. (commentary on Donahoe, Palmer, & Burgos's "The S-R issue: Its status in behavior analysis and in Donahoe and Palmer's Learning and Complex Behavior"). Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 67, 229-231.

Kemp,
 
S. M. (1996). The language of animal learning theories: A radical behaviorist perspective. In J. Valsiner & H-G. Voss (Eds.). (1996). The Structure of Learning Processes (ch. 11, pp. 306-328). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Kemp,
 
S. M. & Eckerman, D. A. (1995). Direct analysis of contingencies using working models. Revista Mexicana de Analisis de la Conducta (The Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis), 21, 27-46.

Kemp,
 
S. M. (1994, January). Item response characteristics of subtle and obvious MMPI items. The Score: Newsletter, Division 5: Evaluation, measurement, and statistics, APA, 17(1), p.4.

Wallsten,
 
T. S., Budescu, D. V., Zwick, R., & Kemp, S. M. (1993). Preferences and reasons for communicating probabilistic information in verbal or numerical terms. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 31, 135-138.

Childs,
 
R. A., Dahlstrom, W. G., Kemp, S. M., & Panter, A. T. (1992). Item response theory in personality assessment: The MMPI-2 depression scale (Research Rep. No. 92-1). Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory.


Paper Presentations:

Kemp,
 
S. M. & Eckerman, D. A. (2000). A Neural Network Approach to Reinforcement Delay. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Washington, DC, May 27, 2000.

Eckerman,
 
D.A. & Kemp, S.M. (May, 1999). Welcome Back My Lovelies: Testing Learning Models using Computer Simulations and Cumulative Records. Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago.

Kemp,
 
S. M. (1998). Modeling reinforcement schedules using partially observable Markov decision processes. Paper presented at the symposium on Planning with Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes in the AAAI 1998 Fall Symposium Series, Orlando, FL, October 24, 1998.

Kemp,
 
S. M. & Eckerman, D. A. (1997). Situational Descriptions of Behavioral Procedures: Generating cumulative records from computational learning theories. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL, May 25, 1997.

Kemp,
 
S. M. (1996). Behavior of the theist and of the atheist. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Francisco, CA, May 25, 1996.

Kemp,
 
S. M. & Eckerman, D. A. (1996). Shaping a Neural Net in a Free-Response Task. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Group, Greensboro, NC, February 10, 1996.

Kemp,
 
S. M. & Eckerman, D. A. (1995). Direct analysis of contingencies using working models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Washington, DC, May 29, 1995.

Kemp,
 
S. M. (1993). Item response characteristics of subtle and obvious MMPI items. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, August 23, 1993.

Kemp,
 
S. M. (1991). B. F. Skinner and Charles S. Peirce: Intriguing parallels in the philosophy of "mind." Paper Invited for the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Atlanta, GA.

Kemp,
 
S. M. (1991). A Behavioral Analysis of Reasoning. Paper accepted for the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Atlanta, GA.


Posters:

Kemp,
 
S. M. (1995, November). The art of shaping and the shaping of art: Search in Hamming space.using an IVR-based neural network. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the SouthEastern Assocation for Behavior Analysis, Charleston, SC.

Childs,
 
R. A., Dahlstrom, W. G., Kemp, S. M., & Panter, A. T. (1992, August). Item Response Theory in Personality Assessment: The MMPI-2 depression scale. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.



Manuscripts in Preparation:

Kemp, S. M. Neural networks as "multi-level" explanations.

Kemp, S. M. Semantic information and inference to the best explanation.

Kemp, S. M. & Hunter, D. Abductory Induction: An alternative to confirmation theory.

Kemp, S. M. & Hunter, D. Abductory Induction for Building Decision Trees.

Kemp, S. M. & Eckerman, D. A. Alternative "Performance Mapping Rules" for the Daly & Daly Model (DMOD).

Kemp, S. M. Skinner, Chomsky, and the Notion of Stimulus.

Kemp, S. M. Why Linda Might Be a Feminist: A probabilistic mental model of the conjunction fallacy.

Kemp, S. M. & Romero, A. A. Linda meets Socrates: The logical form of the conjunction fallacy.


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