THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, THE MUCHICAN flATLY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, SCOMPUTERS: Learning Processes 7 MICHAEL JULIAR esearchers in cognitive behav- -the field of learning, relat- stimulus to response-are try- to better understand think- by using electric computers.' , the Mental Health Research itute, a computer is program- and fed data in order to make imulate as nearly as possible thinking process that goes on uuman beings. hn Gyr of MHRI, who has i collaborating with Albert gna, Grad, is the head of one ect concerned with cognitive vior. He says that a compar- ,donae sia Policy Citd By JUDITH LANE The problems of Indonesia are a result of its political, social, and economic disunity, according to Robert S. Lindquist of the State Department. In a University lecture yester- day Lindquist related Indonesia's nationalistic foreign policy to its history. Remain Unaligned Its broad foreign policy is to remain unaligned so as to receive economic and military help from the United States and the Soviet bloc nations. The one exception to this gen- eral foreign policy is Indonesia's highly vocal views on colonialism. Because of its recent independ- ence from Dutch colonialism of 350 years, Indonesia attacks col- onialism in any form.s Indonesia has also disputed Dutch claims to western New Gui- niea, claiming that the western half is logically part of Indonesia. The Dutch want the New Guin- sans to decide their political fate by referendum. Resolutions Defeated Several recent resolutions be- fore the United Nations have been defeated but have not been un- productive. The resolutions, sup- ported byAfrican nations and by India, have brought the two na- tions closer to concession and compromise. President Sukarno, who has helped change the government from a disunifying federal sys- tem to a unitary system, is "typi- cal of revolutionary leadership, a magnificent speaker, and a su- perb politician." His talents have helped in solv-. ing some problems, and in pre- senting a coherent and cohesive Endonesian foreign policy to the world, he said. ison of tests applied to humans and the output of the computer can help to clarify the under- standing of the thinking processes of the human mind. An outline for studying this process is based on three systems or models. These models are ab- stract definitions of the way in which a person can think about a given setting in his life and come to some conclusion that gives meaning to the person's experi- ences. First Model In the first model, no internal beliefs or feelings on the part of the individual are present to in- fluence him, in a particularset- ting of life. This is true early in aid individual's life and when "harsh conditions," such as emo- tional stress and mental fatigue work on the person's mind. The older' the individual, the more the mind evolves internal beliefs. But no matter what the ex- ternal or internal conditions of the mind may be, a most likely hypothesis for the meaning of life in a certain setting is sought. Gyr explains that the individ- ual seeks an hypothesis in certain setting of life because different hypotheses will be evolved in dif- ferent settings. Therefore, a per- son may hold many hypotheses about life at the same time, but each one refers to a specific sit- uation or setting. The second model is based on the fact that hypotheses are al- ready present in the individual and any response to external stimulus will either make the conviction stronger that a particular hypo- thesis is correct or the reaction G&S Group Light Opera By MICHAEL HARRAH The Gilbert and Sullivan So- ciety will open its production of "HMS Pinafore" for a four-day stand at 8:30 p.m. tonight in Ly- dia Mendelssohn Theatre. , With a 74-member cast, crew and orchestra, the University's only touring theatrical group opens its 15th season in what is perhaps the most popular of the G&S light operas. Detroit Performance The show will play Lydia Men- delssohn through Saturday. Then it will move on to Rackham Aud. in Detroit for a Dec. 15 perform- anee. After the first of the year the company will also play De- troit's Wayne Memorial High, Studied: may tend to weaken the individ-v ual's belief in the hypothesis. Likely Hypothesis But like the first model, a most likely hypothesis is sought. The third model states that the individual seeks ultimate truths; - all but one hypothesis is rejected as the correct one to explain a cer- tain setting of life. An interesting device is con- nected to the computer to make it function more like the human brain. It causes memory decay in the computer in a way similar - to that of the human mind's gradually forgetting past events and experiences. Because of this. ., and other characteristics buit in-F to the computer, it vacillatesuMk around the answer to a problem, or, as in humans, it has trouble coming to a conclusion or hy- HENRY IV-The University Playe pothesis about the data that has Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part I," been given to it. given at 8 p.m. today in Trueblo Computer 'Mind' on Trueblood's newly constructed Gyr also points out other char- acteristics of the computer that are similar to the human mind. Certain hypotheses will be thoughtoUtPldc e uers of but will be discarded during the 'H ry V thinking process and many newH0r hypotheses take their place. Also, humans and computers tend to O seek simple solution over more By MALINDA BERRY complex ones. The University Player's produc- However, the computer still TonSesPer's"Hry IVf lacks a functioning similarity to tion of Shakespeare's "Henry IV, that of the human mind, and to Part I" will be presented at 8s better understand the thinking p.m. today on a specially con-r process, new computer programs structed stage of the Truebloodp are being developed. The computer Aud never "thinks" in the humanAd sense, but . it can help the re- "Henry IV, Part I," which will searcher to better understand how be performed nightly until Satur- the human mind gives meaning to day, will inaugurate the Player'sI its experiences, modified Elizabethan stage. It will be used again in May for the pro- duction of "Henry IV, Part II." T o Present Designed by Prof.Ralph Duck- wall of the speech department, the new mahogany-panelled stage 9 eincludes a wide platform which l n /Ole extends out itno the auditorium. "The platfrom, or apron, will give the audience a close approx- S school on Jan 6and Trenton imation of what it was like to view High School on Jan. 12. a play in Shakespeare's time when The story concerns one Sir Jo- actors and audiences had more di- seph Porter KCB, who has risen rect contact than theydo in most to the exalted post of "ruler of theatres of today," Prof. William the Queen's navee," through no Halstead, chairman of the speech fault of his own. He is betrothed department and co-director of the to young Josephine, daughter of play, explained. the captain of the HMS Pinafore. "One of the more modern fea- But Josephine's affections are tures of the stage, a revolving plat- not for Sir Joseph, but rather for form set in the stage, will allow a "common sailor aboard the Pin- furniture to be changed quickly afore," Ralph (pronounced Rafe) in front of the audience without Rackstraw. The Captain is very upset when ui DIAL 2-6264 he discovers that his daughter is not properly impressed with Sir Joseph, who arrived with all his lm Ilhl relatives, and he forbids her to marry a commoner. 0'°ao Plump Matron THE4 Just when things look hopeless, j' {+ d however, Buttercup, a pleasingly a0, plump matron and companion to the sailors, recalls how she nursed A o® two young children some time MAICVN * 9 back and got them mixed up. E° * It seems one child was the Cap- OQ tamn and the other-Ralph Rack- WONDERFUL * straw. So in fact Ralph is not a c commoner and the Captain is - p somewhat awkward. And that leaves Sir Joseph to * return home with all his "sisters BING DANNY* and his cousins and his aunts."C SA * ROSEMARY VERA- - - CLOONEY* ELLEN Publications UnitCO YL Interviewing Set Petitions for the open student seat on the Board in Control of Student Publications are due to- morrow. Interviews for the posi- tion will be held next Monday, i i Board Secretary Maurice M. DEAN JAGGER IRING BERULN-Mcu tz Rinkel announced yesterday. NOW SHOWING AT MICHIGAN M-DG-M t 'YEAR'S FUNNIEST!' HOPE a TURNER ' n a TED RICHMOND mOOucno <;":; : y:<:::- :CINEMASCOPE and MetroCOL.OR " JANMS PAIGE } ' JIM HUTTON PAULA PRENTISS Plus TOM & JERRY in "SWITCHIN' KITTEN" TYRONE GUTHRIE'S ON THE STAGE TUSDEC. 12th "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" SEATS AVAILABLE t 44 - -Daily-Larry Vanice ers work out the final details of for their first production to be od Aud. The play will be given stage. Uo Present N 7ew S ta ge breaking the dramatic and poetic flow of Shakespeare's dialogue." Prof. Claribel Baird of the speech department, co-director, noted that the main reason for the play's popularity was "Shakes- peare's most outstanding, and probably fattest, comic character," Sir John Falstaff. That role will be played by Prof. Halstead. Commander 126th Fighter Interceptor Wing BRIG. GEN. HOWARD T. MARKEY DECEMBER 7 7:30 P.M. Ikackham lecture Hall PUBLIC INVITED-NO ADMISSION CHARGE The Anniversary of Pearl Harbor (Air National Guard) Now a prominent Chicago Attorney and Lecturer speaking on "ARE WE, AFRAID?" 11 - -1 RABBI Speaks HAROLD D. 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