TIAE MICNIGAN DAILY EPORT CLAIMS: rieans View Science Favorably 4- Most Americans feel that while science "makes our way of life' change too fast" it also makes life easier and is a major reason for, rapid progress, Robert Davis of the University Survey Research Center; said recently. Speaking before a meeting of the American Psychological Asso- ciation, Davis reported that nearly, all adults believe science can in- crease understanding of human behavior. A majority of persons,interview- ed by Davis and his staff for the National Association of Science Writers. expressed concern. over atomic war and other items. However, Davis reported the public has no, clear notion of who is. responsible for the atomic crisis. Scientists, politicians, and "evil people" not otherwise identified were blamed, as well as "foreign. powers," "economically powerful people," and "military people." The "vague and uncertain way" in which the public placed blame -for atomic problems led Davis to believe that scientists are no more used as scape-goats than any other groups. The survey showed that, when asked about the personal char- acteristics of scientists, about three .in four mention positive traits- particularly intelligence, education, and dedication to work. About one in six people described scientists as "normal," or "not different from average." One in five mentioned negative traits, centering around social ineptitude and mild eccentricity. Ideological deviance was scarcely mentioned, and out of 1,919 per- sons interviewed, Only one raised the issue of political deviance by scientists. Blackwell Gets Nw Position A University professor of . psy- chology was recently appointed director of the Institute for Re- search in Vision at Ohio' State University.' Assoc. Prof. H. Richard Black- well, a faculty nember here-since 1945, he had headed the Univer- sity's Vision Research Laboratories. since 1946. When asked what they thought scientists liked about being sci- entists, most mentioned such fac- tors as "discovery," "meeting the challenge of the unknown," "social value of their work" and "intel- lectual satisfaction." . Davis listed several "important. points" which emerged from the. data: 1) The'public sees the scientists as motivated primarily by Intel- lectual interests. 2) The scientist is seen as being attracted to his work by :its in- trinsic' properties, rather than by its economic or prestige rewards. 3) Ninety per cent of the people believe most scientists want to work on things that will make life better for the average person. 4) More than half feel that sci- entists should. work on under- standing nature or anything that. interests them, even if it has no immediate practical-value. 5) As long as the scientist's dedi- cation -Is directed toward socially acceptable ends, "being different" may be seen as merely a fact, not the basis for fear or suspicion. Report Says Patients Use More, Drug Hospital patients take more medicine, have fewer surgical operations and more babies, and are staying in hospitals a shorter length of time than ever before, according to a summer report -by the University Medical Center. The report covered the Center's. activities during the fiscal year ending June.30. Dr. Albert Kerlikowske, director, announced that the average length of stay of patients admitted reach- ed a new low of 11.8 days, as com- pared to 12.23 days the previous year and an average of, 16.8 days ten years ago. The total number of patients also declined slightly. During the past year, 20,487 persons entered the University Hospital compared with 20,963 last year. -' Kerlikowske attributed the re- duction in length of stay to rapid advancements in medical science. "New drugs, faster diagnoses and 'improved methods -of treatment enable modern medicine to speed cures fors.patients," he said. Researchers Study Traits Of sChool Group Leaders 4 "Say A team of three University re- searchers have concluded that boys having "highly coercive" parents plus much personal frbedom often assume roles as group ,leaders among school children. , The researchers, Lois Hoffman, Sidney Rosen, and Ronald Lippitt of the Research Center for Group Dynamics, drew their results from a survey of 200 Detroit grade schoolers. They found that those boys who had coercive parents and a wide1 degree of freedom were character- ized by several traits. Have You Seen the They made more attempts to influence their classmates, were more direct in their approach, and more successful in their influence attempts. In addition, the boys were more active as' group leaders, showed' higher scholastic performance, demonstrated more'active friendli- ness, and were better liked. 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