Associate Professor Michael Moore

Social Psychology
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Phone (Office):  3103 Fax (Office): 8295634 Room: 249 eMail: mmm@technion.ac.il

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Michael Moore
The Department of Education in Technology and Science
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa 32000
Israel




Professional highlights:

Chair, Dept. of Education in Science & Technology, Technion, 2003 - 2006. Head, Research and Evaluation Unit, Arab Teachers' College, Israel, 1987 - 88, 1995 -2002. Chair, Dept. of Education, Tel-Hai College, 1995 - 1997. Chair, Interdepartmental Graduate Committee for Education in Science & Technology, Technion 1992 - 1995. Chair, Dept. of Humanities & Arts, Technion, 1986 - 88; 1990 - 94, 2004 - 05. Visiting Professor UC Davis, 1977 - 78, 1980 - 82; 1988 - 89; University of Southampton 1998 - 99. Member: APA.

Research interests: Social psychological aspects of attitudes and values; family dynamics and therapy; research methodology; project evaluation. Education: 1971: Ph.D. Social Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. 1970: M.A. Social Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. 1965: B.A. Psychology/English, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Selected publications:

    Moore, M. & Kramer, D. (1999/2000). Satir for beginners: Incongruent communication patterns in romantic fiction. Et Cetera - A review of General Semantics, 56, 429-437.

    Moore, M. & Kramer, D. (2000). We are too weak to walk unaided: A family therapist view of the pathogenic aspects of prayer. Modern Library: http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/michael_moore/weak.html  28 pp.

    Moore, M. (2000). A psychological reading of some religious hymns. American Rationalist, 44(3), 10-13.

    Zaslavski, T., Zaslavski, O., & Moore, M. (2001). Language influences on prospective mathematics teachers’ understanding of probabilistic concepts. Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 23, 23-40.

    Kramer, D. & Moore, M. (2001). The more it changes...: Gender roles, romantic fiction and family therapy. Psycoloquy, an APA sponsored Electronic Journal, 12 (24), http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/cgi/psyc/newpsy?12.024 16 pp.

    Moore, M. (2001). “This is like deja vu all over again”: Eight types of tautology. Et Cetera - A review of General Semantics, 58, 151-165.

    Kramer, D. & Moore, M. (2002). “Women are the root of all evil”: The misogyny of religions. The Secular Web: http://www.infidels.org/ 17 pp.

    Moore, M. (2002). What’s in a word? On etymological slurs. Et Cetera - A review of General Semantics, 59, 150-154.

    Coss, R. C. & Moore, M. (2002). Precocious knowledge of trees as antipredator refuge in preschool children: An examination of aesthetic, attributive judgments and relic sexual dinichism. Ecological Psychology, 14, 181-222.

    Kramer-Moore, D. & Moore, M. (2002). Life imitates art – Encounters between family therapy and literature. New York: Solomon Press. 278 pp.

    Moore, M. (2003). Measure for measure: Essays on tests, evaluation, and research. Haifa: Michlol - Academia. 92 pp. (in Hebrew).

     Kramer-Moore, D. & Moore, M. (2003). Pardon me for breathing: Seven types of apology. Et Cetera - A review of General Semantics, 60, 160-169.  

    Moore, M. (2004). Wounds and Roses in Yalom, Blake, Kafka, and Heller. Notes on Contemporary Literature, 34(1), 5-7.

    Moore, M. & Kramer-Moore, D. (2004). A thematic content analysis of national anthems: Europe vs. members of the Arab League. International Bulletin of Political Psychology, 16(1), 1-7.