Oregon daily emerald., January 13, 1960, Page Six, Image 6

Behavior book is Oregon product
in both research and presswork
The University Press printed
its largest book recently "Rigidity
of Behavior" by Abraham S. and
Edith Hirseh Luchins.
THE MANUSCRIPT was com
pleted at the University psychol
ogy department, during 1954-1959
where Luchins served as associate
piofessor. The completed book is
not intended to be used as a
textbook but rather as a research
monograph and scientific journal.
Most monographs are not as long
but the Luchins' is designed to
serve as an encyclopedia in the
field of rigidity.
The topic for the monograph
was selected by Luchins for work
on his doctorate thesis. The com
pleted thesis is a work that is
still often quoted. The research
for the thesis was done' under the
direction of Max Wertheimer,
founder of Gestalt psychology.
The book, marking the twenty
third anniversary of a research
project on rigidity of behavior,
surveys and analyzes various
theories of rigidity, including psy
choanalytic. developmental, neu
ropathological, topological, and
factor-analytic approaches. It
examines in detail a specific case
of rigidity (involving Einstellung
effects developed in solving a
series of similar-appearing water
jug volume-measurement prob
lems ).
IN AN ATTEMPT to under
stand this selected case of
rigidity, the authors conducted
scores of experiments among
thousands of subjects. The book
reports on these experiments and
discusses their results in the light
of various theories and concepts
of rigidity, learning, and per
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These drills will take place while
the majority of ,the men are in
the dining area, and again while
they are scattered throughout
the house.
Next term a similar set of
three fire drills is being planned, \
Mangels said. Next year the num
ber of drills will probably be cut
down to two per year.
Golda P. Wickham, dean of wo
men, said Tuesday that the Heads
of Houses already suggests a fire
drill per term for women’s houses.
She said that no decision has
been made as to whether the two
programs should be integrated.
SPEAKING BEFORE the fra
ternity assembly were F. L.
Smith, Eugene fire chief: Lester
Barker, fire marshal: and Wen
del Wick, assistant fire marshal, j
Chief Smith frankly admitted
that the concern over fire protec- i
tion is a direct result of the three
/ires that have occurred on the
Oregon campus since September
7.
HE GAVE several examples of
poor fire prevention practices
that he has found in University
fraternities. The Sigma Nu fire
alarm, for example, was not in
operating order on the night of
the fire.
He said that the dinner buzzer
shorted out and woke the sleep
ing occupants.
A false alarm was turned in
when a alarm box was broken
into on Alder Street, only 60
days after it had been installed,
he added.
Suggestions were given by Bar
ker and Wick. They are: Keep
fire doors closed: keep fire alarm**
in good operating order; keep
fire extinguishers charged; prac
tice fire drills; clean out trash i
that may have accumulated in the
house; do not use cardboard
waste paper baskets; do not over
load extension cords and octopus
plugs; and use deep ash trays so
that lighted cigarettes do not fall
on pieces of furniture.
sonality. as well as concepts de
rived from mathematics and
physics.
Both of the authors have been
active in research for many years,
and various papers concerning
rigidity have been published by
them since 1942.
Abraham S. Luchins is present
ly a professor of phychology at
the University of Miami, Coral
Gables. Florida, and his wife is
a research associate in mathe
matics at the same location.
Luchins w a s awarded his
bachelor of arts in 1935 from
Brooklyn, master of arts in 1936
from Columbia, and Ph.D. in 1940
from New York University.
The present text is the result
of a revision of a 1950 manuscript
numbering 1,500 pages. The au
thors hope in the future to pub
lish a volume that will include
the methodological sections of
the earlier manuscript that were
deleted because of the excessive
length.
Scientist plans visit;
to lecture in biology
Adrian Horrige, comparative
physiologist from Saint Andrew's
university in Scotland, will visit
the University from January 21
through the 23.
He is scheduled to lecture Jah.
22 on the “Analysis of Transmis
sion in Nerve Nets of Coelen
terates” (jellyfish, corals, sea
anemones).
Horrige is currently on leave
from Scotland to write a book,
and is studying the behavioral
sciences at Stanfard University.
He was the first to record elec
tricity from the nervous systems
of jellyfish.
His lecture is open to all in
terested biology students, and
will be held at 4 p.m. in the sci
ence building.
Brubeck refuses
SAN FRANCISCO 'iP — Dave
Brubeck is passing up an esti
mated $40,000 in bookings be
cause he refuses to drop a Negro
musician from his jazz group for
a Southern tour, the San Francis
co Chronicle said Tuesday.
r
Faculty looks at cheating
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of their final were out. The de
partment was inclined to believe
that the charges in regard to the
final wer’ false as it had been
placed in a safe immediately after
being mimeographed.
THE HISTORY PROFESSOR
concluded by remarking that
while the phone calls could have
been made by a honest, well
meaning student, he thought that
thu entire incident was rather
suspicious. These calls may have
been made by students who
wished to disrupt or delay the
final after not being able to ob
tain a copy of it.
R. F. FAGOT, associate pro
fessor of psychology, learned that
copies of his final wt^e available
before the final was given. He
commented that steps were being
taken to prevent any repetition
of the incident.
Fagot voiced the opinion that
this type of cheating, similar to
that in Porter's U.S. history clatfs.
is common in lower division lec
ture courses composed of large
miscellaneous groups.
FAGOT FELT that in smaller
upper division classes and those
on a graduate level there is I* Tie
or no cheating.
There are many other methods
of cheating other than purloining
copies of tests. V. H. Dykstra.
assistant professor of philosophy,
feels that many professors in
vite cheating by the very nature
of their tests.
One instructor interviewed felt
that teachers who give objective
or true and false tests, or those
who repeat the same essay exami
nations yearly will often have
cheating in their classes.
M. J. COHEN, assistant pro
fessor of biology, has had no
noticeable trouble with cheating
in his classes. He attributes this
to the fact that he has estab
lished a goot! relationship between
himself and his students.
Cohen commented, "If you treat
your students as gentlemen and
ladies of honor, they will be
morally ashamed to cheat.”
It is interesting to note, how-!
ever, that Cohen does not teach
any large lecture classes. Cohen
also felt that the nature of his i
tests were such that he would be
“I sure don’t like the way those professors are
sneaking good reading into the selection here.”
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willing to give his students open
book tests, because his tests re
quired thought and could not be
"fed" them from cheat notes.
OPINIONS VARY on where the
responsibility for cheating lies.
The concensus of opinion stated
that both the students and the
faculty are responsible.
The effect of cheating la
thought to be long range by some
and of less consequence by others.
Moore feels that the people who
cheat at the University will 1ms
just as likely to lie about their
income tax returns, or cheat or
embezzle from their business or
corporation.
ON Til.*: other hand, Fagot
says that "Human nature being
what it is. a student with no re
sponsibility will take advantage
of an opportunity to cheat, while
many others will not do so."
Fagot feels that the problem
can be solved by routine precau
tions in large classes.
Many teachers practice the
honor system, feeling that cheat
ing presents a moral problem
that the stud< nt will have to face
sometime In his life.
O'I'llKits PIMKTOR their tr -U
thoroughly and mark the blue
books to insure that the correct
ones will is? returned. It is diffi
cult to say whether the honor
system would work at the Uni
versity. At West Point, for
example, where the honor system
is an intrinsic part of the code
of the school, the honor system
does work.
It is evident from the various
incidents reported by University
Instructors that a certain amount
of cheating is present in Oregon
classrooms. How this situation is
to be remedied is a serious pro*>
lem to be solved Jointly by stu
dent body members and the Or* -
gon faculty.
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