Decisions, values and groups 1 : reports from the first Interdisciplinary Conference in the Behavioral Science Division Held at the University of New Mexico

Decisions, Values and Groups, Volume 1 contains the proceedings of the First Interdisciplinary Conference of the Behavioral Sciences Division of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, held at the University of New Mexico in 1957. The papers explore the roles of decisions, values, and groups in the behavioral sciences and cover topics ranging from the use of mathematical models in decision making to the contribution of the laboratory to the study of individual differences. Theoretical contributions to small group research are also discussed. This book is comprised of 22 chapters and begins with an overview of the merging of mathematical and statistical techniques with the empirical method in the study of behavior, as well as the place of decisions, values, and groups in behavioral science research. The reader is then introduced to the applications of mathematical models to decision processes, with particular reference to the automation of decision making. The following chapters focus on conceptualizations and designs for research in values and evaluative processes; theoretical aspects of small group research; and psychodynamic patterns of behavior; and special problems in the military. A non-introspective approach to the study of human motivation is described. This volume will be of interest to behavioral scientists and social scientists. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Foreword , Pages vii-ix , CHARLES E. HUTCHINSON Introduction , Pages xi-xxi , ANATOL RAPOPORT Editor's Preface , Pages xxiii-xxix A Perspective on Automation and Decision Making , Pages 3-8 , WARD EDWARDS Models, Meaning and Theories , Pages 9-36 , MAY BRODBECK Some Personality Correlates of Decision Making Under Conditions of Risk , Pages 37-49 , ALVIN SCODEL, PHILBURN RATOOSH, J. SAYER MINAS The Formation of Hypotheses and Styles in the Process of Solving a Logical Task , Pages 50-69 , ANATOL RAPOPORT, WILLIAM L. HAYS, J. DAVID BIRCH Stochastic Choice and Subjective Probability , Pages 70-95 , JOHN S. CHIPMAN The Contribution of the Laboratory to the Study of Individual Differences , Pages 99-107 , R.M.W. TRAVERS A Tentative Theory of the Structure of Conscience , Pages 108-134 , WILLIAM MCCORD, JOAN MCCORD Values in Person Cognition , Pages 135-153 , MICHAEL WERTHEIMER Personal Values and Group Interaction , Pages 154-170 , WILLIAM A. SCOTT The Organization of Microcultures , Pages 171-175 , EDWARD ROSE A Commentary on Small Group Research , Pages 179-184 , EDGAR F. BOROATTA Common Fate, Similarity and other Indices of the Status of Aggregates of Persons as Social Entities , Pages 185-201 , DONALD T. CAMPBELL Seeking and Avoiding Self-evaluation by Working Individually or in Groups , Pages 202-217 , BEN WILLERMAN, DAVID LEWIT, AUKE TELLEGEN Two Variables Affecting the Message in Communication , Pages 218-228 , HOWARD MACLAY, STANLEY NEWMAN Behavior in Groups: The Development of a Scale to Measure Individual Prominence , Pages 229-240 , MARVIN E. SHAW The Influence of Propaganda without Social Support , Pages 241-245 , MAY BRODBECK Neurophysiological Basis for Behavior , Pages 249-253 , R.W. GERARD Hostility: Theory and Experimental Investigation , Pages 254-266 , PHILIP WORCHEL The Problem of Vicarious Experience , Pages 267-277 , RICHARD de CHARMS, MILTON E. ROSENBAUM Report on The Psycho-social Organization of the Family and Mental Health , Pages 278-303 , WILLIAM A. WESTLEY, NATHAN B. EPSTEIN Depression: Definition and Determinants , Pages 304-319 , HERBERT ZIMMER, JAMES FOY A Non-introspective Approach to the Study of Human Motivation , Pages 323-339 , JOHN T. DAILEY Human Parameters of Space Flight , Pages 340-342,342a,342b,343-348 , PAUL A. CAMPBELL