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Publication THE DECLINE OF PUBLIC CONCERN OVER THE ATOM BOMB(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-04-01) Lowther, Mary P.The article discusses the reasons for the decline of the atom bomb and nuclear warfare as a public interest issue. It is hypothesized that the decline in public interest came at the point in history when Americans perceived themselves to be powerless to protect themselves against nuclear attack and therefore could no longer define the Bomb as a traditional weapon. An historical analysis of data available from mass media supported the hypothesis indicating that the nuclear question has ceased to be an issue. To determine the impact of nuclear technology today as a public issue, an attitude survey was administered to college freshman at KU, measuring the relationship between powerlessness towards social and political events and complacency towards the growth of nuclear technology. The questionnaire contained statements from the I-E powerlessness scale adapted from Melvin Seeman and statements measuring complacency toward nuclear technology constructed by the author. A Likert scale was employed. It was hypothesized that the greater powerlessness felt by the subject toward social and political events, the greater would be his complacency toward the growth of nuclear technology. The results of the survey indicated that the mojority of subjects did not have sufficient preformulated opinions about nuclear technology to be complacent, and that nuc lear technology is no longer an issue.Publication SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY AND DECENTRALIZED SOCIETIES: The Swiss Cantons and The Rise of The Social Sciences(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-04-01) Feuer, Lewis S.The productivity of a country in science as for as the numerical output of its scientific papers is concerned ls, in large measure, a by-product of its industrial producfivi ry, Such a purely quantitative approach may lead one to overlook however9 that some of the greatest qua Ii tative advances in modern sci ence have been made in the towns of countries relatively less developed in industry, Zurich, Berne, Louscnne, and Copenhagen have been such centers of the highest scientific originalityo Among the decentralized Swiss cantonal towns, Lausanne was especially noteworthy for affording a university base for the work of Vi lfredo Pareto and Leon Walrasu pioneers in scientific sociology and mathematical economlcs, Pareto regarded the Swiss dernocrcrlc, decentralized towns as providing the ideal setting for the development of his logico-experimental method, whi Ie Wclros, debarred from a post in bureaucratic Fronce, was able at Lausanne to found the most original school in economic thouqht, DecentTalized communifies, as Kropotkin offirmed, may have an especial role in the preservation of scientific creativity in bureoucrcflc, industrial soclefies.Publication SOCIOLOGY OF CREATIVE BEHAVIOR: A Multi -Paradigmatic Confusion(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-04-01) GiIlespie, David F.This paper seeks to clarify paradigmatic confusions extant in the sociologies of creative behovior, Scientific paradigms are recognized as the framework constituting the way a scientist sees and interprets the phenomena of his interest 0 When a scientist "explcl ns" a porticular phenomenon from two or more paradigms at the same flrne , it promotes confusion by allowing for different interpretctions, A paradigm in the sociology of art is put forth illustrating the extent of paradigmatic confusion in sociology , Examples of this confusion are identified and their implications discussed 0 It is suggested that studies adhering to one paradigm at a time will strengthen our explcnctions, or indicate the limitations of our pcrodiqms, thus foci Ii tati ng scientific advancement.Publication Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 9, Number 1 (SPRING, 1973): Front Matter(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-04-01)Publication VALUE PROBLEMS IN THE QUEST FOR SANCTION IN SOCIAL PLANNING(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-04-01) Watts, Thomas DaleAt all stages in the social planning operation values play a decisive role. Dahn's six value dilemmas confronting the planner are explored, with two added: planner values are often indistinguishable from the escape from controversy and are unwilling to reveal monopol istic and repressive atmospheres and situations in society. If Mnrcuse and the Frankfurt School are correct in characterizing society as repressive, then the obligation of the planner accelerates even more to the forefront - to represent the most liberating of values. Rein's three planning strategies are traced: rational analysis {knowledge power}, citizen participation, and elite consensus, with the accompanying value difficulties of each.Publication AN INTERACTIONIST APPRAISAL OF IMPRESSION FORMATION: The "Central Trait" Hypothesis Revisited(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-10-01) Bell, Bill D.; Stanfield, Gary G.This article examines the nature of first impressions from the interactionist perspective. A modified H. H. Kelley design (1950) of student-teacher interaction was employed with a sample of 195 college students. The fi ndi ngs demonstrate the overall complexi ty of the impressi on-form ing process as we II as i IIustrate the Ii mitations of the warm-cold variable in predicting actual behcvior , Several central traits are observed to be operative in impression formation. These traits are observed to be a function both of preinformation and response alternatives in the odjecrive checklist, Symbolic and observational presentation is found to be more influencial in forming impressions with behavioral implications than those formed solely by observational exposure. Both consideration of the context of interaction and central trait identification appear necessary to specify the behavioral component of impressions.Publication ELEGANCE, SANITY, AND ALIENATION(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1973-04-01) Hernandez-Cela, Cesar X.