astronomy

Linda Olds

Linda Olds is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Linda Olds rather than just read about it. In short: Linda E. Olds (born 1946 ) is an American psychologist, consultant, trainer, Emeritus professor at Linfield College and pioneer in the field of systems psychology.

Key takeaways

Linda Olds belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Linda Olds to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Linda Olds from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Linda E. Olds (born 1946 ) is an American psychologist, consultant, trainer, Emeritus professor at Linfield College and pioneer in the field of systems psychology.

Biography Linda Olds studied clinical psychology and community psychology and received a B.A. at the Oberlin College in 1968, an M.A. in 1970 from the University of Cincinnati, and a Ph.D. in 1976 at the University of Cincinnati. Later she did postdoctoral research at the Pacific School of Religion and UC Berkeley in 1987. She was a research fellow at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, University of Chicago Divinity School in 1981, and at the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar, at Yale University in 1991. After studying at the University of Cincinnati in 1976 she worked several years as a counseling consulting and trainer at the University of Cincinnati Counseling Center, the Rollman Psychiatric Institute, at the Community Psychology Institute, the Children's Psychiatric Center in Cincinnati and at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. In 2008 she retired as professor of psychology after 33 years of service. She is a member of the Western Psychology Association, the Association of Women in Psychology, and the American Academy of Religion. And she has been an invited speaker at the Washington State University, the Alaska Pacific University, the University of Oregon, and Reed College, and the Mary McConnell Symposium on Religion and Science.

Work Linda Olds' principal research interests derive from the fields of personality, cross-cultural, theoretical, philosophical, and trans-personal psychology. Her interests have focused on systems theory, models of self, and gender issues in psychology.

Publications Olds wrote two books and published several articles in interdisciplinary journals like Soundings, Listening, Contemporary Philosophy, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, and Issues in Integrative Studies.

1981, Fully Human, Prentice-Hall. 1992, Metaphors of Interrelatedness, State University of New York Press. Articles, a selection:

2006, "The Columbia Basin as a Metaphor for an Interdisciplinary Approach", in: Issues in integrative studies, No. 19, pp. 221–225.

References

External links Homepage Linfield Department of Psychology.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Linda Olds

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Linda Olds claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Linda Olds before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Linda Olds ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Linda Olds

In research: Linda Olds appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Linda Olds in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Linda Olds is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1946 births, 20th-century American psychologists, 21st-century American psychologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Linda Olds outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Linda Olds in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Linda Olds means in your own words.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Linda Olds in simple terms?

Linda E. Olds (born 1946 ) is an American psychologist, consultant, trainer, Emeritus professor at Linfield College and pioneer in the field of systems psychology.

Why does Linda Olds matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Linda Olds?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Linda Olds.