IRINA NICOLAEVNA TROFIMOVA
For Structure of Temperament Questionnaire (STQ) click
here
E-mail: itrofimova@sympatico.ca
EDUCATION
2005-2006 - Physics courses 2H04 and 4B03,
1999-2000 - Physics courses 3M03 and 4M03,
1994-1997 - Postdoctoral training in nonlinear dynamics, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Moscow, Russia
1993-1995 - Ph.D., Laboratory
of Differential Psychophysiology and Differential Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of
Science
1982-1988 - M.Sc., Department of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University,
Russia
1970-1977 - Musical School N9, Novosibisrk, Russia
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Professional:
2004
– present – Clinical Psychologist,
Co-Director of Psychological
Services,
2008
– 2009 – Clinical Psychologist,
Silver Counselling
2007
– 2008 – Clinical Psychologist,
1999 -
2007 – Clinical Psychologist,
Kaplan & Kaplan Psychologists,
1999 -
2000 - Part-time instructor,
1999 -
2000 - Invited lecturer,
1997 – present practicing psychometrist
and Clinical Psychologist, Late Life Memory Clinic.
1997 - present - Administrator, Senior Researcher Laboratory of
Collective Intelligence, McMaster
University
1995-1997:
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Assistant Professor,
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Senior Scientific Researcher, Keldysh
Institute of Applied Mathematics,
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Invited Lecturer,
- Part-time Lecturer, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technologies
- Head, Russian Synergetic Society (RSS).
1993-1995:
o
Faculty,
o
Faculty,
Sociological College,
o
Invited Lecturer,
1991-1992: Senior Inspector, Russian
Government, Department of The President’s Assistant on Youth Affairs.
1989-1991:
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Junior Scientific Researcher, Research Center of
Institute on Youth,
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Invited Lecturer,
1988-1989: Psychologist,
Research Institute of Precision Measurement,
Academic (Research) Projects (1993-present):
1. Modeling in life sciences: application of modern mathematical methods for simulation of social processes, development of Ensembles with Variable Structures approach (multi-dimensional spin glasses).
2.
Personality theory (temperament): adaptation of
Structure of Temperament Questionnaire (STQ) (popular in
The study of temperament is complimented by the
analysis of the semantic spaces of subject from contrast temperamental groups.
3. Cognitive
psychology (psychosemantics): I have collected data
on 1046 subjects in my study of semantic perception in subjects of various age,
gender and national background. The study of cognitive complexity and
dimensionality of semantic space in people of different gender, age and temperament
is in progress in three languages: English, Chinese and Russian. This data is
being processed now for a publication.
4. Study of relations between personality and temperament, between personality disorders, mood disorders and temperament.
PSYCHOMETRIC PROJECTS:
1989-1990 –
forward-back-forward translation and adaptation of Allport-
1994-1995 –
participation in adaptation of the Big Five questionnaire to the Russian
population, with my contribution of 200 subjects.
1993-1995 –
forward-back-forward translation, items analysis, adaptation and data
collection of Dr. David Buss (Michigan, USA) test of evolutionary strategies of
sexual behaviour (cross-cultural study in 9
populations) with my contribution of 180 subjects from Russian population.
1996-1997
– forward-back-forward translation and adaptation of Self-Perception
Scale Dr. David Watkins (
1996-1998
– organization of an adaptation and official distribution of Raven
Progressive Matrices (
1994-1998 –
development of a new diagnostic tool for assessment of meaning attribution and
personal preferences using semantic differential approach, based on Charles
Osgood’s studies.
1996-2006 –
co-author of the manual for the extended English version of Structure of
Temperament Questionnaire (STQ), originally developed
by V. Rusalov in
SPECIAL PROJECTS:
2009 – present
– Documentaries “Diplomas in Motion”,
“Temperamentums”, “Reaction,
Action, Construction”.
2009, August –
Organizer/Chair, Symposium session «Temperament: Theory and Measurement», the
Convention of American Psychological Association,
2001-2002 - Head of
Organizing Committee, NATO Advanced Research Workshop «Formal descriptions of
developing systems».
May,
2000 - Chair, session on «Modeling in Life Sciences», International Conference
on Complex Systems,
1999-2000 - Head of
Organizing Committee, NATO Advanced Study Institute «Nonlinear Dynamics in Life
and Social Sciences».
1996, April -
Conference on "Development and Assessment of Competence," Moscow
Institute of Psychology; Organizer and Chair.
1996, January -
Colloquium on "Synergetics in Psychology,"
1996, August -
Organizer and Chair, Integrated paper session «Synergetics
and Psychology», the International Psychological Congress,
1992-1995 - Head of
the project "Construction of expert system for data interpretation with
modeling of human behavior"; Russian Government
clinical practice:
Since 1988 I have been practicing in
the areas of personality assessment, treatment of depression, anxiety
disorders, low self-esteem, conflict resolution, human resources selection and
placement, family issues, grief, cognitive rehabilitation, pain management.
I have been registered with the
Ontario College of Psychologists since 1999 for practicing in
The populations, which I am working
with, are: children 12-18, adults, couples, families, and elderly.
My present areas of practice are
(both assessment and treatment): depression, generalized anxiety,
post-traumatic stress disorder, pain management, cognitive functioning after
mild brain injuries, family relationships, couple therapy, motor-vehicle
accident complications, obsessive-compulsive disorder, specific traumatic
phobias, social withdrawal.
COURSE DESIGN
à Personality and Individual
differences
à Cognitive Psychology
à General (Introductory) psychology
à Psychology of education
à Clinical Psychology
à Developmental psychology
à Social Psychology
à Evolutionary Psychology
à Modeling in Psychology
à Psychology of management, training
and business games
AFFILIATIONS
§
Member,
§ Member, Canadian Psychological Association
§ Member, American Psychological Association
§ Member, Russian Psychological Society
§ Honorary member, Italian Society for
Chaos and Complexity
§ Corresponding Member, Department of Synergetics,
§ President, Russian Synergetic
Society (RSS)
§ Member, Society for Chaos Theory in
Psychology and the Life Sciences.
PRESENTATIONS
Delivered talks at international psychological conferences including:
- ''Modeling of Behavior as the Result of the Interpretation of
Diagnostic Data''. International Congress of Applied Psychology,
- ''Competence from the
point of view of the synergetic approach''. Conference 'Development and
Assessment of the Competence',
- ''Precursors of the
Synergetic Approach in Psychology''. International Synergetic Forum,
- ''Fractal Functionality at
the Differential Psychology''. International Conference of the Society for
Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences,
- ''Analysis of behavioral strategies using cellular automaton
models''. International Psychological Congress,
- ''Stages of Development on
Psyche in Evolution and Individual Differences'' Session of the
- ''Interconnections between
cognitive processes and dynamical properties of organism''. Lecture in
- ''Modeling of cognitive
evolution of mind''. Lecture in
- ''Collective effects in
individual behavior: modeling of group
dynamics'' Seminar on Complex Nonlinear Systems in
- ''Science and Psychology
in
- ''The Definition of
Parameters for Measurement in Psychology'' International Conference
''Chaos, Models, Fractals''. 25-28 October, 1996.
- ''Universality in Group
Dynamics''. International Conference of the Society for Chaos Theory in
Psychology and Life Sciences,
- ''Functional
Differentiation in Developmental Systems''. International Conference on
Complex Systems,
- ''Modeling of Group
Interactions: Some Useful Concepts''. International Colloquium on Complex
Systems and the Management of Organizations.
- ''Ensembles with Variable
Structure (EVS) in the Modeling of Psychological Phenomena''. 7th
Conference of Herbstakademie ''Self-organization
in Psychology, Psychiatry and Social Sciences''.
- ''Modeling of Ensembles
with Variable Structure (EVS)'', 100th Annual Meeting of APS,
- «Universals and specifics
in psychology», lecture for the NATO Advanced Study Institute «Nonlinear
Dynamics in Life and Social Sciences»,
- «Diversity in natural
systems and EVS modeling», lecture for the NATO Advanced Study Institute
«Nonlinear Dynamics in Life and Social Sciences»,
- «Principles and effects of
Ensembles with Variable Structure», International Conference on Complex
Systems,
- «Phenomena of group
dynamics in EVS modeling», International Conference of the Society for
Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences, July 20-23,
- «Functional Differentiation Model»,
International Conference of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and
Life Sciences,
- “Sociability and development in EVS
models”, NATO Advanced Research Workshop «Formal descriptions of
developing systems»,
- «Diversity, Compatibility and Sociability
in EVS Modeling», International Conference of the Society for Chaos Theory
in Psychology and Life Sciences,
- Individual differences in semantic
perception. Annual Convention
of Canadian Psychological Association.
- Random Graphical Dynamical
Systems (together with William Sulis). Annual
Convention of American Mathematical Society.
- Structure of Temperament
Questionnaire. Convention of Canadian Psychological Association.
- Cognitive Complexity,
Fractals and Meaning Attribution. New England Complex System Institute,
- Coupling of Measurement
Characteristics in Psychological Diversity.
- Structure of Temperament
Questionnaire: across 6 cultures. Annual Convention of American
Psychological Association.
- Structure of Temperament
Questionnaire, Compact. Occasional Temperament Conference.
- Modern state of psychology
of temperament. Annual Convention of American Psychological Association.
- Meaning attribution of
different gender and temperament groups: results from 3 sampes. 15th Herbstakademie,
Embodied Cognition & Embodied Communication.
- Modern state of psychology and
psychophysiology of temperament and its links to personality theory.
International Congress of Applied Psychology.
- Gender and temperament differences in
meaning attribution. International Congress of Applied Psychology.
GRANTS
Research Grants:
1994-1995 -- International Science
Foundation (ZZ 5-451), postgraduate student participation;
1996 -- Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation (96-03-04535):
"Structural Analysis of Individual Differences from the Point of View of
the Evolutionary-Synergetic Approach"
1997 -- Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation
(96-03-04535-a)-renewal
Publication Grants
1997 -- Russian Foundation of Fundamental
Researches (97-06-87018): ''Synergetics and
Psychology. Texts''.
Volume 1.
Methodological Questions.
1999 -- Russian Foundation of Fundamental Researches (99-06): ''Synergetics and Psychology. Texts''.
Volume 2.
Social Processes.
2002 -- Russian Humanitarian Scientific Fund: "«Synergetics
and Psychology. Texts." Volume 3. Cognitive Processes.
Conference Grants
1996 -- - Russian Humanitarian Scientific
Foundation (96-03-04535): The Conference 'Development and Assessment of the
Competence',
SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS
1996-1997
- graduate thesis supervision, Denis Koslov, Moscow
Institute of Physics and Technology.
1998-1999 - undergraduate thesis supervision, Doreen Au,
2002 – 2003 - undergraduate
thesis supervision, Kristine Espiritu,
2002 – 2003 - undergraduate
thesis supervision, Chandrima Bandyopadhyay,
2002 – 2003 - undergraduate thesis
supervision, Samira Patel,
2005-2006 - undergraduate thesis
supervision, Vanita Marques,
2005-2006 - undergraduate thesis
supervision, Ambreen Tahir,
2006-2007 - undergraduate thesis
supervision, Wen-Wen Iris,
2007-2008 - undergraduate reading
course, Wen Hou (Niko),
2007-2008 - undergraduate thesis
supervision, Jennifer Bossio,
2008-2009 - undergraduate
independent study course, Russel Lu,
PUBLICATIONS
Books
1. Belopolsky V.I., Trofimova
I.N. (eds.) (1996). Development and assessment of competence. Reports of the
Conference.
2. Trofimova I.N., Budanov
V.G. (eds.) (1997). Synergetics and Psychology. Texts.
Volume 1. Methodological questions.
3. Trofimova I.N., Mitin
N.A., Potapov A.B. Malinetzky
G.G. (1997) Description of Ensembles with Variable Structure. New Models of
Mathematical Psychology. Preprint N 34 of KIAM RAS. (in Russian).
4. Trofimova I.N. (Ed.) (2000). Synergetics and Psychology. Texts. Volume 2. Social
Processes.
5. Sulis W.,
6.
7. Arshinov V., Shendyapin
V.,
8. Rusalov, V., Trofimova,
Articles in English,
selected
- Trofimova I.N. La psychoanalyse
sur le point de view de l'approche
du sisteme-evolutionnaire
// Savoir c'est
pouvoir.
2.
3. Trofimova,
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Watkins D., Mortazavi S.,
10. Watkins D., Sachs J., Balev J., Dahlin B., Fleming J., Klis M., Lopez L.W., Mortazavi
S., Trofimova I., Sunar D.,
Tam Sing-fai A., Van der Vijver F. (2000). Culture, gender, and the nature of
self-concept: further evidence. International
Journal of Psychology.
11.
12.
13. Trofimova,
14. Trofimova,
15. Trofimova,
16. Trofimova, I. & Sulis W.
(2010). An investigation of temperament in adults with comorbid
depression and anxiety. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology. In Press.
17. Trofimova,
18. Trofimova,
19. Trofimova,
Articles in Russian, selected
1. Afanaciev E.V., G.Calchown,
I.N.Trofimova. Christian ethics and Orthodox
Christians in the business life of
2. Trofimova I.N. Forecasting human behavior as
the task for an expert psychodiagnostic system // Questions of psychology, N 3, 1994. P.115-121.
3. Trofimova I.N. Strategies of behavior as
stable characteristics of individuality // Nature
of Psyche. Perm. 1994.
4. Trofimova I.N. Evolutionary determination of
individual differences // Individuality
in the modern world.
5. Trofimova I.N. Universal principles of
evolution as the foundation for analysis of human nature // Philosophical research, N 3 1995.
P.5-23.
6. Trofimova I.N. Parameters of behavioral
strategies and style characteristics // Human
styles: structure and functions. Ed.A.V.Libin.
Moscow. Smisl, 1996.
7.
8. Trofimova I.N. (1996) Individual differences
from the point of view of the evolutionary approach // Questions of psychology, N 1.
9.
10. Trofimova I.N. Synergetic aspects of
psychology. Psychological Journal. N
2. 1996.
11. Trofimova I.N. (1997) Interconnections of
characteristics of temperament with some peculiarities of cognitive activity of
human // Questions of psychology, N
1. Pp. 74-82. .
12. Trofimova I.N. (1997)
Precursors of the Synergetic Approach in Psychology // Synergetics and Psychology. Texts. Volume 1. Methodological questions. Moscow.
MSSU..
13. Trofimova I. (1997) Individual differences:
in search of universal characteristics. In: M.A.Basin,
S.V. Charitonov (Eds.). Synergetics and Psychology. Sanct-Petersburg. .
14. Malinetzky G.G, Mitin
N.A., Potapov A.B., Trofimova
I.N. (1997). Individual differences: in search of universal characteristics// Informatics in science and education.
Moscow .
15. Trofimova I. (1998). From
living systems to synergetic models and back. In: Synergetics. Proceedings of a workshop. Vol. 1. Moscow, MSU Press, pp.69-80. .
16. Trofimova I. (2000) Modeling
of social behavior. In: Trofimova I.N. (Ed.) (2000). Synergetics and Psychology. Texts. Volume 2. Social
Processes. Moscow. Yanus Press. . Pp. 133-142.
17.
Trofimova I. (2003) Synergy between body and perception
of the world. In: Arshinov V., Shendyapin
V., Trofimova I. (Eds.) Synergetics
and Psychology. Texts. Volume 3. Cognitive Processes. Moscow. Cogito Press.
Pp. 61-81.
Available on Line
Collective Effects On Individual Behaviour: Three Questions In The Search For Universality.
Functional Differentiation in Developmental Systems.
How People of Different Age, Sex and Temperament Estimate the World. Psychological Reports. N 85/2, pp.533-552.
The semantic spaces of different gender and temperament.
Principles, concepts and phenomena of Ensembles with Variable Structure. In: Sulis W., Trofimova I. (Eds.) Nonlinear Dynamics in Life and Social Sciences. IOS Press, Amsterdam.
Universals and specifics in psychology. In: Sulis W., Trofimova I. (Eds.) Nonlinear Dynamics in Life and Social Sciences. IOS Press, Amsterdam.