Roger K. Thomas
Unpublished Copyrighted Papers
Thomas, R. K. (2006). An Examination of Fundamental Differences Between Conceptualization and Learning Set Formation.
Thomas, R. K. (2005). Conditional discrimination learning and conditional reasoning by nonhuman animals. [This paper shows why it is unlikely that unequivocal evidence for conditional reasoning by animals can be provided.]
Bailey, A.M., McDaniel, W.F, & Thomas, R.K. (2007). Approaches to the study of higher cognitive functions related to creativity in nonhuman animals. Methods, 42, 3-14.
Leavens, D. A., Hopkins, W. D., & Thomas, R. K. (2004). Referential communication by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 118, 48-57.
Thomas, R. K. (2001). Hazards of “Emergentism” in Psychology. History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive: (http://htpprints.yorku.ca/)
Bailey, A. M., & Thomas, R. K. (2001). The Effects of Nucleus Basalis Magnocellularis (nBM) Lesions in Long-Evans Hooded Rats on Two Learning Set Formation Tasks, Delayed Matching-to-Sample Learning, and Open Field Activity. Behavioral Neuroscience, 115, 328-340.
Thomas, R. K., Phillips, J.A., & Young, C.D. (1999). Comparative cognition: Human numerousness judgments. American Journal of Psychology, 112, 215-233.
Bailey, A.M., & Thomas, R. K. (1998). An investigation of oddity concept learning by rats. Psychological Record, 48, 333-344.
Thomas, R. K. (1996). Investigating cognitive abilities in animals: Unrealized potential. Cognitive Brain Research, 3, 157-166.
Schmidt, M. S., & Thomas, R. K. (2002). Human Numerousness
Judgments: Control for Density and Area/Brightness Cues. Meeting of the
Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
Thomas, R. K. (2001). Assessing Comparable Cognitive Processing
Abilities in Rats, Monkeys, and Humans. Meeting of District IV, American
Association of Laboratory Animal Science,
Thomas, R. K. (2000). Assessing
Animal Intelligence. Presidential
address. Meeting of the Southern Society
for Philosophy and Psychology,
Thomas, R. K. (1999). Hazards of “Emergentism” in
Psychology Contribution to
symposium, Controversial Issues in Psychology: The Role of Emergent
Processes, to be held in conjunction with the meeting of the Southern
Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
Baker, D. A. & Thomas, R. K. (1998, April). Human numerousness
judgments in a comparative context: An extended replication. Meeting of the
Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
Thomas, R. K. (1998, March). Animal research in cognitive neuroscience:
A road poorly traveled. Invited presentation in the symposium
"Cognitive Paradigms in Basic Neuroscience: The Interface of Human and
Animal Models. Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association,
Thomas, R. K. (Accepted for publication for the following book in preparation). Austin Southwick Edwards (1885-1976).
In J. L. Pate (Ed.). Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Presidents and Presidential Addresses. Amsterdam: Rodopi Press..
Thomas, R. K. (2006). Celestia Susannah Parrish (1853-1918): Pioneering Psychologist, Native Virginian, and "Georgia's Greatest Woman." The Feminist Psychologist, 33, pp. 16 & 28. Posted here for your (the single reader's) convenience with the permission of the publications committee for the Society for the Psychology of Women Division 35 of the American Psychological Association. Any other use of this article must be done with the permission of the Society for the Psychology of Women.
Thomas, R. K. (2005). Gosset, William Sealy. In Brian S. Everitt & David C. Howell
(Eds.). Encyclopedia of Statistics in the
Behavioral Sciences. Volume 2. (pp. 753-754).
Thomas, R. K. (2005). Galton, Francis.
In Brian S. Everitt & David C. Howell (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences. Volume 2.
(pp. 687-688).
Thomas, R. K. (2003) Shepherd Ivory Franz
(1874-1933) History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive:
(http://htpprints.yorku.ca/) [This is a slightly modified version of
a chapter for the following book in preparation: J. L. Pate (Ed.). Southern
Society for Philosophy and Psychology Presidents and Presidential Addresses.
Thomas, Roger K. (2001) Lloyd Morgan's Canon: A History of Misrepresentation. History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive: (http://htpprints.yorku.ca/)
Thomas, Roger K. (2002) Reply to Black and Wozniak on "Lloyd Morgan's Canon: A History of Misrepresentation". History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive: (http://htpprints.yorku.ca/)
Thomas, Roger K. (2002) Reply to Dewsbury on "On Misrepresenting Lloyd Morgan's Canon: Comment on Thomas". History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive: (http://htpprints.yorku.ca/)
Thomas, R. K. (2001). Florene Mary Young (1901-1994). The Feminist Psychologist, 28, 27, 32.
Thomas, R. K. (2000). Bekhterev, Vladimir Mikailovich (1857-1927),
Russian neuroanatomist, neuropathologist, psychiatrist,
psychologist/reflexologist. In A. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology.
Thomas, R. K. (2000). Franz, Shepherd Ivory (1874-1933), American
neuropsychologist. In A. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology.
Thomas, R. K. (2000). Romanes, George John (1848-1894), Canadian-British
comparative psychologist, evolutionist, and physiologist. In A. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia
of Psychology.
Thomas, R. K. (2000). Morgan, Clifford Thomas (1915-1976), American physiological
psychologist and science administrator. In A. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of
Psychology.
Thomas, R. K. (2000). Kluver, Heinrich (1897-1979), German-American
biological psychologist In A. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology.
Thomas, R. K. (1999). Shepherd Ivory Franz (1874-1933). In J. A. Garraty
& M. C. Carbes (Gen. Eds.) American National Biography, Volume 8
(pp. 405-406).
Thomas, R. K. (1999). Francis Cecil Sumner (1895-1954). In J. A. Garraty
& M. C. Carnes (Gen. Eds.) American National Biography, Volume 21
(pp. 142-144).
Thomas, R. K. (1998). Lloyd Morgan's Canon. In G. Greenberg & M.
Haraway (Eds.), Comparative Psychology: A Handbook pp. 156-163.
Thomas, R. K. (1997). Correcting Some Pavloviana
Regarding "Pavlov's
Boeglin, J. A., & Thomas, R. K. (1996). Where does the term neuropsychology come from? International Journal of Psychology, 31, 162.
Thomas, R. K. (2007).
Heretofore Unpublished Details of Karl S. Lashley’s Method of Reconstruction
of Brain Lesions on a Brain Diagram. Invited
presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History of Psychology at the
meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
Thomas, R. K. (2006). Copycat Errors in History of Psychology
Textbooks:II.. Invited presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History
of Psychologyat the meeting of the
Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
Thomas, R. K. (2005).
Celestia Susannah
Parrish (1853-1918): Pioneering Psychologist, Native Virginian, and “Georgia’s
Greatest Woman.” Invited
presentation, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College,
Thomas, R. K. (2005). Being a Historian of Psychology: An Infornal
Talk. Invited presentation to
undergraduate History of Psychology class, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College,
Lynchburg, VA, March 16, 2005.
Thomas, R. K. (2004). Copycat Errors in History of Psychology
Textbooks. Invited presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History of
Psychologyat the meeting of the
Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
Thomas, R. K. (2003). Crawford W. Long’s
Discovery of Anesthetic Ether: Mesmerism, Delayed Publication, and the
Historical Record. Invited presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on
History of Psychologyat the meeting of the Southern
Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
Thomas, R. K. (2002). Lloyd Morgan’s Canon: A History of Misrepresentation.
Invited presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History of Psychologyat the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and
Psychology,
Thomas, R. K., & Cynkus, J. (2001). George John Romanes
(1848-1894: More About How Romanes’ Reputation Was Diminished. Invited
presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History of Psychology at the meeting of
the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
Thomas, R. K. (1999, April). Shepherd Ivory Franz (5th SSPP President) and the "Plagiarism" of Franz by Kalischer. Invited presentation in the Key Barkley Symposium on History of Psychology at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Louisville, KY.
Thomas, R, K. (1999). "Learning to learn:" Gregory Bateson,
Harry Harlow, Robert Yerkes, and Others. In D. A. Dewsbury (Chair) Animal
Cognition in Historical Perspective. Symposium conducted at the 107 Annual
Convention of the American Psychological Association.
Thomas, R. K. (1998, March). Pavlovian conditioning, comparative
learning, and William T. James. Invited presentation in the symposium "History
of Psychology in the Southeast." Meeting of the Southeastern
Psychological Association,
Thomas, R. K. (1998, April). Austin Southwick Edwards (1885-1976).
Invited presentation in the "Key Barkley Symposium on the History of
Psychology in the South." Meeting of the Southern Society for
Philosophy and Psychology,
Thomas, R. K. (1998, April). Francis Cecil Sumner: First Black
American Psychologist and Member of the Southern Society for Philosophy and
Psychology. Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
Thomas, R. K. (1997, March). Celestia
Susannah Parrish (1853-1918).
Invited presentation for "Key Barkley Symposium on the History
of Psychology in the South." Meeting of the Southern Society for
Philosophy and Psychology,
Thomas, R. K. (1997, March). The resurrection and redemption of George
John Romanes' anthropomorphism and anecdotalism. Meeting of the Southern
Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
Thomas, R. K. (1997, June). Two contrasting views regarding the discovery of the speech center and recognition of its importance for the theory of localization of brain function. Poster presentation at the meeting Cheiron: The International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Richmond, VA.