Michael Schober
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Michael Schober, Ph.D. is currently the dean of the New School for Social Research in New York City. He began teaching at The New School
in 1992 as an assistant professor. http://www.newschool.edu/gf/psy/faculty/schober/MichaelSchober_CV.pdf
His own academic background began at Brown University
, where he earned a Bachelor's of Science in cognitive science
. He then pursued a Ph.D. at Stanford University
in psychology. Further credits to his name include: the editor of the journal Discourse Processes, and a member of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and the Psychonomic Society.
Schober also actively engages in research while fulfilling his duties as professor at the New School for Social Research. Some of his research interests are within the fields of, but not limited to: linguistics, psychology, music, public opinion research analysis, and artificial intelligence.
His interest in music may stem from the fact that he is a classical pianist. His sister, Monica Schober http://www.geocities.com/monicaschober@sbcglobal.net/index is a German Lieder recitalist. He has performed solo, but specializes in chamber Chamber music
and collaborative music. In February 2003, Michael Schober accompanied his sister in a performance of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder
and selected songs of Richard Strauss
, Hugo Wolf
, and Johannes Brahms
at Steinway Hall
http://www.steinwayhall.com/ in New York City.
Schober’s publications are used in many psycholinguistic-based classes at Universities across the United States to achieve an up-to-date look at empirical research in the field of psychology specifically psycholinguistics. Schober’s work focuses on concepts important to understanding human communications.
Some of these most popular publications were in collaboration with Herbert H. Clark, a professor at Stanford University. Michael Schober studied with Clark while attending Stanford University, Clark being a professional and academic mentor to Schober.
Schober’s first recorded publication was in 1989. It was entitled “Addressees and Overhearers” and was published with Herbert H. Clark. http://homepage.newschool.edu/%7Eschober/SchoberClark89.pdf In this article the collaborative view is used to discuss the way individuals understand each other during a conversation, or any situation where a speaker addresses another individual to convey information. Schober and Clark propose that addressees have an advantage to speakers and overhearers due to the fact in conversations individuals accumulate information based on common ground. The research leading to the publication of this article included experiments using students at the university level. In the first experiment 10 pairs of students were given two roles: director and matcher. The director was recorded while giving directions for the matcher on how to complete an arrangement of twelve in a particular order. The recording of the director was then played for 40 'overhearers.' The second experiment used the same task and number of pairs, but this time the overhearers joined the groups and listened to the conversations. The participants were all separated from each other by visual barriers and precautions were taken to rule out extraneous variables.
A more recent publication in 2004 in collaboration with Fredrick G. Conrad and Scott S. Fricker was entitled “Misunderstanding standardized language in research interviews.http://www.newschool.edu/gf/psy/faculty/schober/Misunderstanding-standardized-language_SchoberConradFricker03.pdf In this study two types of experiments were used to understand the way in which individuals interpret words in survey interviews, aptitude tests, and instructions accompanying an experiment. One experiment was a factorial experiment, and the other was a more naturalistic investigation. Participants were required to interpret ordinary survey concepts such as: household furniture. The results show that an investigators actions influence the participants’ answers in both experiments. Study one suggests that interviewers should, in fact, be trained to give clarification when conveying instructions to participants of a study/experiment. Study two suggests that following a script too strictly can lead to a poorer understanding of the information that the interviewer is trying to convey.
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The New School
The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics, and for most of its history, the university was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University...
in 1992 as an assistant professor. http://www.newschool.edu/gf/psy/faculty/schober/MichaelSchober_CV.pdf
His own academic background began at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, where he earned a Bachelor's of Science in cognitive science
Cognitive science
Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary scientific study of mind and its processes. It examines what cognition is, what it does and how it works. It includes research on how information is processed , represented, and transformed in behaviour, nervous system or machine...
. He then pursued a Ph.D. at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in psychology. Further credits to his name include: the editor of the journal Discourse Processes, and a member of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and the Psychonomic Society.
Schober also actively engages in research while fulfilling his duties as professor at the New School for Social Research. Some of his research interests are within the fields of, but not limited to: linguistics, psychology, music, public opinion research analysis, and artificial intelligence.
His interest in music may stem from the fact that he is a classical pianist. His sister, Monica Schober http://www.geocities.com/monicaschober@sbcglobal.net/index is a German Lieder recitalist. He has performed solo, but specializes in chamber Chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
and collaborative music. In February 2003, Michael Schober accompanied his sister in a performance of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder
Wesendonck Lieder
The Wesendonck Lieder is a song cycle composed by Richard Wagner while he was working on Die Walküre. This, and the Siegfried Idyll, are his only two non-operatic works that are still regularly performed....
and selected songs of Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...
, Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, somewhat related to that of the Second Viennese School in concision but utterly unrelated in...
, and Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
at Steinway Hall
Steinway Hall
Steinway Hall is the name of buildings housing concert halls, showrooms and sales departments for Steinway & Sons pianos. The first Steinway Hall was opened 1866 in New York City. Today, Steinway Halls and Steinway-Häuser are located in world cities such as New York City, London, Hamburg, Berlin,...
http://www.steinwayhall.com/ in New York City.
Research interests
Michael Schober identifies himself on his personal webpage http://homepage.newschool.edu/%7Eschober/ as a psychologist who "studies how people coordinate their actions, the mental processes underlying that coordination, and how new technologies mediate coordination."Schober’s publications are used in many psycholinguistic-based classes at Universities across the United States to achieve an up-to-date look at empirical research in the field of psychology specifically psycholinguistics. Schober’s work focuses on concepts important to understanding human communications.
Some of these most popular publications were in collaboration with Herbert H. Clark, a professor at Stanford University. Michael Schober studied with Clark while attending Stanford University, Clark being a professional and academic mentor to Schober.
Schober’s first recorded publication was in 1989. It was entitled “Addressees and Overhearers” and was published with Herbert H. Clark. http://homepage.newschool.edu/%7Eschober/SchoberClark89.pdf In this article the collaborative view is used to discuss the way individuals understand each other during a conversation, or any situation where a speaker addresses another individual to convey information. Schober and Clark propose that addressees have an advantage to speakers and overhearers due to the fact in conversations individuals accumulate information based on common ground. The research leading to the publication of this article included experiments using students at the university level. In the first experiment 10 pairs of students were given two roles: director and matcher. The director was recorded while giving directions for the matcher on how to complete an arrangement of twelve in a particular order. The recording of the director was then played for 40 'overhearers.' The second experiment used the same task and number of pairs, but this time the overhearers joined the groups and listened to the conversations. The participants were all separated from each other by visual barriers and precautions were taken to rule out extraneous variables.
A more recent publication in 2004 in collaboration with Fredrick G. Conrad and Scott S. Fricker was entitled “Misunderstanding standardized language in research interviews.http://www.newschool.edu/gf/psy/faculty/schober/Misunderstanding-standardized-language_SchoberConradFricker03.pdf In this study two types of experiments were used to understand the way in which individuals interpret words in survey interviews, aptitude tests, and instructions accompanying an experiment. One experiment was a factorial experiment, and the other was a more naturalistic investigation. Participants were required to interpret ordinary survey concepts such as: household furniture. The results show that an investigators actions influence the participants’ answers in both experiments. Study one suggests that interviewers should, in fact, be trained to give clarification when conveying instructions to participants of a study/experiment. Study two suggests that following a script too strictly can lead to a poorer understanding of the information that the interviewer is trying to convey.
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External links
- Professional Profile http://schober.socialpsychology.org/
- Michael F. Schober Homepage http://web.me.com/schober/Site/HOME.html
- The New School for Social Research Faculty Page http://www.newschool.edu/NSSR/faculty.aspx?id=10406&DeptFilter=NSSR+Psychology
- Sample Michael Schober's Music http://home.earthlink.net/~mfschober/downloads.htm