Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1978)
By KAREN KANGAS Of the Emerald On the wall next to Mary Rothbart's desk is a picture of an infant sitting in a patch of snow, bundled in a quilted snowsuit. The little fellow is gaping in toothless wonder at white flakes drifting down around him. This child was one of the first pre-test subjects in Rothbart’s re search of infant temperament. Rothbart, an assis tant professor of psychology at the University, has been studying in fants' emotions for the past two years. She recently received an $87,094 grant from the U.S. Pub lic Health Service to support her research. t “Mainly what we’ve been doing in our research is exploring differ ent possibilities for looking at indi vidual differences in early be havior patterns,” she explains. These behavior patterns, col lectively refered to as tempera ment, include infants’ levels of ac tivity and emotionality and reac tions to novel and frustrating situa tions. Currently, very few good tech niques haye been developed for identifying infants’ individual dif ferences in these behavior pat terns, Rothbart says. The reason for this, she exp lains, is that infants are not readily available for research from the time they leave the hospital to the time they enter nursery school. “It’s only been in recent years that people have spent a lot more time and energy looking at infants and their characteristics. I would say that the study of infant charac teristics is an area in child psychology that is extremely im portant,” the researcher says. There are two reasons why this research is important, she exp lains. The research will help de termine whether characteristics evident at an early age persist to a later age, and it may help in early parent-infant interactions. "Child rearing is an interactive situation in which the child is a very active participant," Rothbart explains. “Parents should be aware that there is a range of var iability in children and that their (the parents’) behavior is not necessarily the cause of the vary ing behavior in children. TOMORROW EMU Food Service II BEER GARDEN Friday, Jan. 13 1 See you there Free entertainment f “The parents’ interaction with the child is important in how the child turns out, but the parent is not responsible for everything,” she says. Rothbart is studying infants be tween the ages of three and 12 months. “We’re beginning at a time when we think differences in characteristics might be starting to show up,” she says. In her research to date, Roth bart has selected her subjects from Eugene Register-Guard birth announcements. She says the sample of children studied reflects the make-up of the Eugene Springfield community — the ma jority of the infants are white, but they come from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. The actual study of the infants has included one week of at home-behavior observation by the r (Continued on Page 8A) IFC decides on pay limit By ANNA HOYT Of the Emerald The Incidental Fee Committee (IFC) de cided Wednesday night against a proposal to standardize work-study pay allocations. Instead they voted to have state minimum wage and the maximum wage consistani with other University work. They also voted to include a job descrip tion and a memo for recommendation for work-study positions, stipulating that once the work-study allocations are used up by IFG-funded organizations, no more money will be forthcoming. After a heated argument which de veloped over the Jewish Student Union’s (JSU) plea for money to install a telephone in its new office, the IFC voted to transfer $50 from the JSU's postage allotment and $76.75 from unallocated resources toward installing a telephone line. The argument was raised over whether the $7000 in unallocated resources should be left only for emergencies and the re mainder added to next year’s budget. Dis cussion also centered over what consti tutes an “emergency”. The committee later came to an agree ment stating that "unallocated resources will be used for emergency items such as theft and unexpected deficits. In certain rare cases, these funds will be allocated for well justified and unique special events or services. We fully expect a healthy balance of unallocated reserves at the end of the fiscal year.” WE HAVE THE LOWEST PRICES ON: 0F STR/JVC[ L\tuments All strings -20% off Finest Guitars - Martin, Ovation, Takamtni, Vega, Sigma 537 willamette st. eugene, Oregon 9740I 503 687-0814 Repair work - FREE ESTIMATES ACU-I Bowling Tryouts Open All Students Women - 16 Games Men - 24 Games Top 5 will represent the University of Oregon in the regional games here on February 3 & 4 Cost $5.50 Women $8.50 Men EMU Lanes. Tryouts are held each day at 4:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. Weekends until January 22. Check at Recreation Desk EMU for details in 4 gm. Blocks in 6 gm. Blocks
