PAGE SIX Psych Experiment Pigeons, Rats Have Hard Life Pigeons and lats have a hard life around the psychology lalioi atoi ies in Pine Cottage. Dr. Howard Hoffman, assistant professor of psychology, is using these animals in an experiment to analyze reactions caused by conflict. The pigeons are taught to peck at a key in order to get food pellets which are given to them at the end of a certain time span. They ate also subjected to a tone at certain intervals, at the end of which ttiey receive an elec -11 ic shock After the pigeons slop peck ing because of iheir fear of the shock, the shock is turned off. Tones of new frequencies are By CORDIE LEWIS I presented lo see if the pigeons “Cot out of the books, and {ear o£ the sh ° ck at the origi , . , nal tone generalizes, that is, ex out and rub elbows witiv tends lo the new tones. ( tho people of the world,” Dr. Hoffman has found that the r. „ t.’ a,i . i c 'tendency for the pigeons to re-' George L. Murphey, piofessor | sporad lo new frequencies depends 1 of education, said when speak- on how motivated they are to re-j in* about h, S trip around ,hc S JSGS.S 1 , , , world on a freighter at the,and they will continue pecking A I^ll in Education Student Council’s ev " n ," pon heari " 8 , tho tone .' MIII WUU V - ,UW i If they are not hungry, fear of -«, « , a f Cot tee Hour, , the shock causes them to stop f OflCf UCfS jOIA He left fiom New Yoik City,'Decking when thev hear the new!' - WI * M wJ and tiaveled to the Panama Can- tones * ** I*J A ■ nl, then to San Francisco, on to The rats in Hoffman's experi- jjQJ ICfCIV f Asia by wav of the west, and ent are taught lo receive food / then along the coast of Africa pellets by pressing a bar at a ] The art education graduate Murphey said that he got 3500 cycle tone. Other tones are club collected $2OO during the more of a thrill out of seeing presented to measure their gen- ! flrst three hours of their Christ the faces of a proud Chinaman erahzaiion of responses io these ! , , ~ , n „ with the love his country show- tones. , mas ait sa,e vvhlch started 9 am ing in the glow of his face, than 1 A second eioun of rats is also yesterday in 105 Tem P ol ' ai T Bulld the sight of the Himalayas or jtaught to p.ess atar this time to. ing. lhe sun rising over Japan. 'avoid a shock given at the end; Their original Christmas art nia !"!a teaches °f a 3500 cycle tone. Their gen- w ui also be sold from 9 am. to couise in stone:* fox children, said cialization is also measured. io o m. today. ! t!tiVde C oMhe iwonle'i'u Ash? In'-' A third group of hungry rats I William Kasza, a member of waid childicn He said that there '"f hlch reall Y have hard decis- the graduate club, repotted that ■was no such tiniv a" illefrtinru v slons make is confronted with the response of buyers yesterday' eTe be a so when in i wed \ conflic4 situaiion which forces has led the club to replenish the: m hci o 'su't want her cl ‘hem to choose between pushing Supply by collecting* more art the!e is sonieone who will a bar lo avoid a - hock and work from art education faculty take the child' and treat it as his £V sl ?‘ n 3 a " otker bar to 9 et fed - |members, students and graduates own I be J r responses are also anal- Money collected from the sale! He said that graiulparents wouldi 7h® d t “ f * e 5 "®'L/ o r ®. q “ I enCies will help provide the graduate sit outside of their .shops withl 9 *° no are P resen,ed - studonts with books and other groups of children silting around' Hoffman has a grant of s7l3s,facilities which will help them on listening to their stones Thev'^ 10m tke P u b' lc Health Service:their work for their advanced tell of their countries, and theyi to P Ol form these experiments, degrees. It will also be used to build such a national pride in the! The genera! aim of their ex-'buy equipment and paintings for children that it selves as a typp 1 per.ments is to study ways in Hie art education department, of .security to them. ' which conflict develops, psycho- Being sold are prints, water In Japan, Murphey said that logical symptoms caused by it and colors, and oils, bowls, vases, jars poverty is treated with dignity, training procedures that can be and dishes, and silver cuff links The women who work in the jused to modify its effects. ' necklaces and pendants paint yards lake a 'tea break" in the middle of the day and en joy it as much as any Ameri can enjoys his afternoon tea party, he said. Murphey said that the type of consideration which he received in the shops of Hong Kong was much nicer than in many Amer ican stores. Once, he said, he was served refreshments m a tailor shop, and after lie purchased a suit, the salesman called for a chauffeur to take him back to his hotal Prof Tells Of World Journeys “All over the world, people are fascinating,” Murphey added.- Wk EEaIM , . / ww Afieaal cream tor lovelier hands AR-EX Chap Cream wa» formulated for women al lergic to ordinary creams. But it's so gentle that every well-groomed woman can revel in its soothing effects. Fear not wind, sun, or harsh detei gents when your hands are protected by AR-EX Chap Cream. Scented or unscented. Jar. 60c Plastic tube. 50c. Griggs Pharmacy By KATIE DAVIS THE DAILY COLLEGIAN,- BTATH COLLBGB, PBNNSYLVANIA —Collegian Photo by Rick Bower PSYCHOLOGICAL PIGEON—is being held by Dr. Howard Hoff man, assistant professor of psychology. The pigeon is one of the many .used by the Department of Psychology in their experiments. The laboratoiy is located in Pine Cottage. STOCKHOLM, Sweden (d>) Lennart Roos of Harnosand, north Sweden, lost his driver’s license recently and was notified it was found in Casablanca, Morocco. WHO— TIM - LEONIDES WHAT—LAS VEGAS MITE WHERE— HUB GAMBLING ROOM WHEN— THIS EVENING DEO. 12 8-12 P.M. HOW— DONATION OF $lOO Lambda Omega Rho Some fraternities get athletes. Some get brains. This fraternity gets virtually everybody, including women. 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