1960 PROGRAM, PACIFIC SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, APRIL 28-30, 1960
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1960
SESSION I
Chairman: Theodore B. Johannis, Jr., Univ of Oregon
Discussants: John C. Pock, Reed College; Frederic H. Chino, Portland State College
Charles D. Bolton, UC Davis: A Process Approach to Mate Selection
H. David Kirk, Whittier College, McGill Univ: Differential Sex Preferences in Family Formation, Biological and Adoptive
Judson T. Landis, UC Berkeley: A Comparison of Children of Divorced Parents and Children from Unhappy Non-Divorced Homes
Leo Reeder, UCLA: The Unwed Mother: A Pilot Study in Conformity and Deviant Behavior
SESSION II
Chairman: Robert A. Ellis, Stanford Univ
Discussants: J. Robert Larson, Seattle Univ; Frank Miyamoto, Univ of Washington
Henry L. Manheim, Arizona State Univ: Experimental Demonstration of Relationship between Group Characteristics and Patterns of Intergroup Interaction
Prodipto Roy, Washington State Univ: Factors Related to ‘Accident Proneness’
John M. Foskett, Univ of Oregon: Role Conflict: The Concept
Walter T. Martin, Univ of Oregon: Role Conflict: Problems and Methods of Measurement
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1960
SESSION III
Chairman: Edward C. McDonagh, Univ of Southern California
Discussant: Walter B. Watson, Univ of Washington; Edmund H. Volkart, Stanford University
Wendell Bell, Richard S. Hill and James Mau, UCLA: Scale Analysis of Status Perceptions in Jamaica and the United States
Charles C. Crider and Thomas E. Lasswell, Univ of Southern California: The Ability of Listeners to Estimate the Social Class of Speakers by Listening to Their Voices
Clovis Shepherd, UC Santa Barbara: Orientation of Scientists and Engineers
Elton Newman and Robert M. Gray, Univ of Utah: Anomie, Authoritarianism and Cynicism as Related to Medical Student Performance
SESSION IV
Chairman: Joel B. Montague, Washington State Univ
Discussants: Idris W. Evans, Montana State Univ; Robert L. James, Univ of Alberta
Darcy Stouder, Univ of Washington: Motivation, Environment and Organizational Goals
Peter A. Johnson, Univ of Oregon: The Marginal Man Revisited
William R. Catton, Jr., Univ of Washington: Ethnocentrism as a Cause of War
F.W. Howton, System Development Corporation, Santa Monica: Self-Image: The Concept and Its Application to the Study of Bureaucracy
SESSION V
Chairman: Sanford Dornbusch, Stanford Univ
Discussants: Warren E. Kalbach, Oregon Census Board; Santo F. Camilleri, Stanford University
Vernon Davies, Washington State Univ: The Measurement of Disproportionality
George S. Rothbart and William R. Catton, Jr., Univ of Washington: Ultimacy’ As a Characteristic of Human Valuation
David G. Hays, The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica: Automatic Content Analysis: Some Entries for a Transformation Catalog
Norman McKown, Oregon State College: Source Effects in the Communication of Content
SESSION VI
Chair: Kaspar D. Naegele, University of British Columbia
Discussants: Robert E. Agger, University of Oregon; Robert W. O’Brien, Whittier College
Aubrey Wendling, San Diego State College: Characteristics of Community Leaders and Sectors of Influence
Robert C. Stone, University of Arizona: Values and Power in Trans-Community Relationships
Ernest A.T. Barth, University of Washington: Air Force Base-Host Community Relations: A Study in Community Typology
Ted C. Smith, University of Utah: The Structuring Power in a Suburban Community
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Presider: F. Ivan Nye, Washington State University
MacIver Lecture: August B. Hollingshead, Yale Univ
Donald R. Cressey, UCLA: Epidemiology of Individual Conduct: A Case from Criminology
SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1960
SESSION VII
Chairman: Clarence Schrag, Univ of Washington
Discussants: Don C. Gibbons, San Francisco State College; Donald L.Garrity, San Francisco State College
Virgil J. Olson, Washington State Univ: Delinquent Behavior and Adjustment in School
Thomas M. Poffenberger, UC Davis: A Study of Adolescent Sex Values
Stuart Adams, State of California Dept of Youth Authority, Sacramento: Assessment of Psychiatric Treatment in a Youth Authority Training School: Preliminary Findings
LaMar T. Empey, Brigham Young Univ: The Provo Experiment in Delinquency Rehabilitation
SESSION VIII
Chair: Norman S. Hayner, University of Washington
Discussant: Vatro Murvar, Gonzaga University
Raymond A. Mulligan, Univ of Arizona; Art Gallaher, Univ of Houston: Socioeconomic Background and Minority Attitudes
Glenn M. Vernon, Brigham Young Univ: Religious Self-Identifications
Benton Johnson, Univ of Oregon: The Holiness Sects as Agents of Socialization in Dominant Values