1957 PROGRAM, PACIFIC SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION,
EUGENE HOTEL, EUGENE, OREGON, APRIL 17-20, 1957
THEME: EXPANDING THE FRONTIERS OF SMALL GROUP RESEARCH
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1957
1:00—2:00 pm – Registration
2:10—4:00 pm – Afternoon session
6:00—8:00 pm – Dinner
8:15—10:00 pm – Evening session
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1957
8:30—10:00 am – Morning session
10:15—11:30 am – Forenoon session
12:00—1:30 pm – Luncheon
1:30—3:30 pm – Afternoon session
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1957
9:00—9:45 am – Registration
9:45—12:00 pm – Session I
12:15—1:45 pm – Luncheon
2:00—4:00 pm – Afternoon session
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1957
9:30—11:45 am – Session I and Session II
1:15—3:30 pm –Afternoon session
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1957
AFTERNOON SESSION
Introductory Remarks: John James
Discussant: Frank Miyamoto, Univ. of Washington
Harold Guetzkow, Northwestern University: The Present Boundaries of Small Group Theory
EVENING SESSION
Master of Ceremonies: John M. Foskett, Univ. of Oregon
1.Perception, Motivation, and Learning in Problem Solving Small Groups
Allan Katcher, Rand Corporation (Leader)
Larry Alexander, Rand Corporation
Joel V. Berreman, Univ. of Oregon
Laura Crowell, Univ. of Washington
John Ford, Rand Corporation
F. Loyal Greer, Psychological Research Associates
Barry Jensen, Rand Corporation
Paul F. Secord, Univ. of Nevada
Edmund H. Volkart, Stanford University
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1957
MORNING SESSION
1.Information Processing and small group processes in man-machine systems
H. Riley Patton, Rand Corporation (Leader)
Charles Keiner, Rand Corporation
Phillip M. Mayer, Bonneville Power Administration
Delbert C. Miller, Univ. of Washington
Herman Roemmich, Navy Personnel Research Field Activity, San Diego
Ewart E. Smith, Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center, Reno, Nevada
Ben Tregoe, Rand Coorporation
2.The use of small groups in therapy
J. Douglas Grant, U.S. Naval Retraining Command (Leader), San Diego
Kenneth Gaver, Oregon State Hospital
Shepard A. Insel, San Francisco State College
Abraham Luchins, Univ. of Oregon
Clarence Schrag, Univ. of Washington
John Waterman, Oregon State Board of Health
LUNCHEON
AFTERNOON SESSION
3.Leadership concepts
E. Paul Torrance, Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center (Leader), Reno, Nevada
John M. Foskett, Univ. of Oregon
Edward Gross, Washington State College
Paul D. Hood, Castle Air Force Base, California
Harvey Locke, Univ. of Southern California
Joseph E. McGrath, Psychological Research Associates
Francis H. Palmer, Fort Ord, California
Helen Schrader, Stanford University
James Stewart, Oregon State Board of Education
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1957
SESSION I
Chair: Donald R. Cressey, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Discussants: Charles W. Hobart, Univ. of Redlands; Walter C. Bailey, Los Angeles State College
Norman G. Hawkins, Univ. of Oregon: A Field Trial of Medical Sociology
Joel V. Berreman, Univ. of Oregon: Philippine Attitude Toward Racial and National Minorities
Egon Bittner, Univ. of California, Los Angeles: White Coat Crime
James F. Short Jr., and F. Ivan Nye, State College of Washington: Reported Behavior as a Criterion of Deviant Behavior
SESSION II
Chair: S. Frank Miyamoto, Univ. of Washington
Discussants: Carl W. Backman, Univ. of Nevada; Harold Garfinkel, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Delbert C. Miller, Univ. of Washington: The Prediction of issue Outcome in Community Decision Making
Vernon Davies, Edward Gross, and James F. Short, Jr., State College of Washington: Attitude Toward Teacher Performance as Related to Class Size
Ely Chertok, Univ. of Oregon: On the Problem of Social Organization
Leonard D. Cain, Jr., Sacramento State College: Age, Authority, and Bureaucratization
LUNCHEON
Speakers: Odin W. Anderson, Health Information Foundation; Edward J. Stainbrook, Univ. of Southern California Medical School
AFTERNOON SESSION
Current Issues in Stratification Research
Chair: Leonard Broom, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Reinhard Bendix, Univ. of California, Berkeley
Robert A. Ellis, University of Southern California
Robert E. L. Faris, Univ. of Washington
Edward Gross, State College of Washington
Problems of Applied Sociology
Chair: Clarence Schrag, Univ. of Washington
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Ralph H. Turner, UCLA: The Normative Coherence of Folk Concepts
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1957
MORNING SESSION
SESSION I
Chair: Walter T. Martin, Univ. of Oregon
Discussant: Marion D. Boat, Stanford University
Maurice D. Van Arsdol, Santo F. Camileri,a nd Calvin F. Schmid, Univ. of Washington: A Deviant Case of Shevky’s Dimensions of Urban Structure
Edwin G. Flittie, San Jose State College: A Technique for Social Area Delineation
Robert L. James, Univ. of Alberta: Edmonton Senior Residents Survey: A Progress Report
John M. Foskett, Univ. of Oregon: The Measurement of Influence in Community Affairs
SESSION II
Chair: Harvey J. Locke, Univ. of Southern California
Discussants: James H. Kirk, Loyola University, Los Angeles; Harry V. Ball, Pomona College
Thomas Rhys Williams, Sacramento State College: The Structure of the Socialization Process in Papago Indian Society
Wilford E. Smith, Brigham Young Univ.: One View of Mormon Resistance to Cultural Assimilation
Karl Wallace, Los Angeles State College: Construction and Validation of short Marital Adjustment and Marriage Prediction Tests
Judson T. Landis, Univ. of California, Berkeley: Physical and Mental-Emotional Changes Accompanying the Menstrual Cycle in Women
AFTERNOON SESSION
Chair: Robert W. O’Brien, Whittier College
Discussant: Herbert Blumer, Univ. of California, Berkeley
Stuart Carter Dodd, Univ. of Washington: Conditions for Motivating Men
Mervyn Caldwallader, Univ. of Oregon: Sociology and Cybernetics
Charles B. Spaulding, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara: Human Relations in Context
Henry Zentner, Long Beach State College: Some Difficulties Confronting the Student of Communal Behavior
