Showing papers on "Perspective (graphical) published in 1968"

Sociolinguistic perspective on the study of bilingualism

Abstract: Investigators from three different disciplinary traditions have devoted appreciable attention to bilingualism. Unfortunately, each of these three (psychology, linguistics and sociology) has normally conducted its work in isolation from the other. As a result, not only have the methods stemming from one discipline been unexamined by investigators associated with the others but there has been insufficient concern for integrating the particular aspects of reality that each of these disciplines recognizes into a single, inclusive theory of bilingual behavior. The current presentation is, therefore, divided into two parts. The first part consists of brief reviews and critiques of most efforts in traditional approaches to the study of bilingualism in each of the three separate disciplines. The second consists of an attempt to suggest an integrated (interdisciplinary) theory for the study of bilingualism.

The American religious depression, 1925-1935

Abstract: “It is too early to assess the impact of the Great Depression upon American Protestantism,” wrote Robert Moats Miller in his recent study of American Protestantism and social issues in the period between the world wars. No doubt it is too early for any overall assessment, yet it is becoming steadily clearer that American religion passed through an important transition in the depression period. If we are to gain a fuller understanding of developments in American Christianity since the 1930's, then serious attention needs to be given to that bleak period. Inasmuch as our understanding of times long past are significantly influenced by our definitions of the present situation, attempts to deal with that particular period of crisis in our recent past may help us more adequately to see the whole story of American religion in fairer perspective. Furthermore, a number of recent dissertations, articles and books have dealt in whole or in part with the period between the wars; they provide guidance for handling the vast array of sources relevant for an understanding of religion in the depression, supply material for at least prcliminary interpretations, and point to the need for further analysis. This paper is one effort to suggest some interpretative guide lines for further exploration into an important topic.

The Mental Hospital from the Patient Perspective

Abstract: (1968). The Mental Hospital from the Patient Perspective. Psychiatry: Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 213-223.

Language as a symbolic process in communication. A psychological perspective.

Abstract: To combat an old human prejudice in favor of eyewitness testimony ... the expert must intimate that he has access to some occult source or science not available to either reporter or reader. He is the Priest of Eleusis, the man with the big picture. . . . All is manifest to him, since his conclusions are not limited by his powers of observation. Logis tics . . . favor him, since it is possible not to see many things at the same time [lj.

Archival Training in Library Schools

Abstract: ORDER to place in proper perspective the role of library schools in the education of archivists, I wish to discuss briefly ( i ) the nature of the functions that American archivists must perform, which I believe, are determined by the nature of the records that they administer, and (2) the nature of the training courses that will prepare American archivists to discharge their functions effectively. Thereafter I wish to consider where training courses should be taught whether in history departments, library schools, or elsewhere.

The Japanese American Family: A Perspective for Future Investigations

Abstract: T HE 1960 CENSUS RECORDED some 25,000 surviving first-generation Japanese immigrants in the continental United States.' The Japanese American Research Project, University of California, Los Angeles, questioned a sizeable sample of these, using a structured questionnaire designed to find out about their background, their experiences in immigration and adaptation, their achievements, and their reactions to the complex events they had experienced.2 Their answers enable us to develop with more than usual confidence a framework under which to view the Issei generation-the Japanese immigrants in America. The present paper will contend that the history of this generation of immigrants can be

An experimental comparison of rectilinear and curvilinear illusions

Abstract: The magnitudes of the illusory distortions apparent in the Ponzo figure and in three newly devised spatial patterns are estimated. Comparison of these with an appropriate control situation indicates that significant spatial distortions remain present in configurations which do not necessarily define angular contexts. Implications of these findings for ‘the perspective theory’ of illusions and for ‘the carpentered world hypothesis’ are discussed.