PAGE EIGHT Siegel Says Knowledge Increases Understanding Knowledge of why people make certain decisions can lead to increased understanding of personality variables, accord ing to Dr. Sidney Siegel, associate professor of psychology at the University. Dr. Siege] has just received a $2300 United States Public Health Service grant to carry on a research project entitled, "A Decision-Theory Approach in Personality Research ” “The introduction of a decision-! theory approach to the study of I personality will bring greater pre cision and refinement to our pro cedures for studying variables,” Dr. Siegel says. “This will mean that our find ings will have greater validity, and exactness which will increase' their usefulness to workers in the mental health field,” he said. Knowledge of Choices Important! Believing that behavior is! largely a matter of making choices. Dr. Siegel feels that in creased 1 nowledge of the reasons why people make the choices they do will give psychologists deeper understanding of human behavior. The main aim of his project is to set up means of predicting scientifically human behavior! where decision-making is in volved. i Dr. Siegel has devised a unique method of collecting data for his research. A believer in the old adage, "you never know a man unless you play cards with him,” the Penn State psychologist plays games of chance with his cooper ating subjects. Uses Original Games To prevent the participant's knowledge of certain games from influencing the experiment. Dr. Siegel has devised original card and dice games. His dice, for ex ample, instead of containing the familiar numbers, are adorned with so-called “nonsense sylla bles” and are of varied shapes. His card games do not resem ble any of those known to card players, such as canasta, bridge, poker or rummy. Dr. Siegel's experiments in clude real payoffs to subjects when they win. thus retainine the atmosphere of chance. While playing, he assesses certain as pects of the subject’s personality, including conformity, level of as piration. reaction to many choices and w ,: 'lingness to take risks. Measurements Made In the first half of a game, measurements are made to pre dict the subject’s decision. His are observed in the sec ond half to see if the estimates were correct. Dr. Siegel feels that the strong motivation factor of receiving a reward when making the right decision and suffering loss when wrong gradually will make a sub ject learn, perhaps subconsciously, to use optimum strategies in his plav. The Penn State psychologist rarely uses students in his ex periments, preferring to hire others. In Field for Four Years Dr. Siegel has been working in this field of personality research for four years. He received his doctor of'ohilosophy degree from Stanford University and then for one year held a faculty appoint ment teaching in the psychology, department and. doing research under a Ford Foundation grant. A book soon will be published by the Stanford University Press containing findings of Dr. Siegel and two colleagues, Donald Dav idson and Patrick Suppes en titled. "Decision Theory'-’’ S'egel’s own book on “Nonparametric Sta tistics” was published recently. Photoaraphy Talk Slated for Monday The Camera Club will hear a talk on “Autumn Color Photogra phy” at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Mineral Science auditorium. The speaker. Dr. George F. Johnson, audio-visual aids spe cialist in agricultural extension and a noted color photographer, will illustrate his talk with slides. The meeting is open to the pub lic. lsVie Senior Board Meeting The T .aVi»’ Seme- Board will meet at 6:30 run. tomorrow in THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA HEc Council Entries Due Freshmen in home economics or hotel administration may sub mit self-nomir.ations for election Ito the Home Economics Student Council. Nominations may be deposited jin ballot boxes situated in the ilobby of the Home Economics building from Monday until noon Oct. 29. The nomination blanks should include name, curriculum, high school and college activi ties, photograph, and semester standing. Elections will be held in the lobby of the Home Economics rbuilding Oct. 30 and 31. The polls jwill be open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. both days. The next meeting of the council will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Home Economics living center. 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Call Lt. Beamer MARKETING CLUTJ will present Mr. J. D. Bateman Rockwell Mfg. Co.. Wed. Oet. 21. Phi Kappa Tau 7:30 p.m. THE STUDENT Floral Agency thanks you for 3’our many corsage orders. Tonight between 5 and 7 p.m. will be the laet chance to order. See you by the West Dorm -P.O. or in the Nittany-Pollock dining ball. DID YOU SEE that Student Floral Agency man taking corsage orders for the Junior Prom last night between 5 and 7 p.m. 7 He’ll be there thru Thursday. Be sure and contact him. CLOTHES DIRTY? Take them to the Student Dry Cleaning Agency in the F.U.8., Watts, and Girl's Dorms. FOR PROMPT and expert radio and phono* graph service stop at State College T.V., 232 South Allen Street. CHIROPRACTORS—Dr. James W. Maurer, Dr. Joseph Kryemienski—new office ad* dress. 138 E. Beaver Are. (above We» 'Store). Phone AD 7*3900. IS YOUR typewriter giving you troubleT If so. call AD 7-2492 or bring cnacbme to 833 W College Ave, •*T i a* ' • ir i t / \ / : €sso
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