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Psychology majors described by Dr. Blanton
as curious, involved, and expressive
By Catherine Stover-
Editor’s Note: This is the
th’rd in a series of articles
concerning departmental ob
jectives at Meredith.
If you are interested in be
coming involved in a field
which is fastly growing, which
enables you to study the most
fascinating subjects of all,
the mental processes of the
human mind and resulting
behavior, perhaps you should
consider a major in psycho
logy. It is a field which can
prepare you for many inter
esting vocations, as Dr. Gloria
Blanton, chairman of the de
partment, related to me this
week. Although higher level
positions require a masters
or doctorate degree, the grad
uate of Meredith possessing a
B. A. in psychology may be
come involved in any one of
many occupations. For in
stance, she may work as a
psychiatric assistant in a
mental hospital or a mental
clinic, such as those in schools
which test to identify retarded
children. The business sec
tor of our society is also
interested in psychology maj
ors to do personnel work or
to work in “customer satis
faction” departments. Two
recent Meredith graduates are
now doing personnel work in
department stores. A 1971
graduate is working with re
tarded children under 5 and
their parents to facilitate up
bringing and fulfillment in
these children. Dr. Blanton
pointed out that many psycho
logy majors complete the soc
ial work sequence and become
engaged in social services of
several kinds, working with
many people. Others com
bined psychology arid art maj
ors to prepare for one to be
artistically creative but also
to know what influences people
respond to advertisements
positively. There are a var
iety of jobs begging for peo
ple to fill them in this area
of working with peole with
special problems.
Psychology prepares one for
entry into these and other
fields because it encourages
self - development, as one
learns how to interact, ex
press oneself and function in
dialogue. It helps one to inter
act because one learns to un
derstand human behavior, to
a degree. It is, of course,
understood that human be
havior is so complex and di
verse that a thorough know
ledge of it is scarcely pos
sible with a B. A. or even a
doctorate. But Dr. Blanton
pointed out that all the cour
ses in the department are
designed to help students grow
as much as possible in this
area, as all offer chances for
individualization and for the
observance of behavior on and
off campus. For instance,
the psychology student may
find herself attending sessions
at The House, working at Swift
Creek School or contributing
to any number of community
organizations or schools. The
department tries to give rig
orous courses which are chal
lenging to students; Dr. Blan
ton said she hoped NONE
of them were considered
“crip courses”! Most psy
chology majors, she thinks,
are serious students, wanting
a challenge in the classroom.
What type of student, besides
a serious one, does Dr. Blan
ton feel makes a successful
psychology major? First, she
must possess a curiosity a-
bout individual behavior. Per
haps she wonders WHY dif
ferent people behave dif
ferently or what is associated
with behavorial frequencies,
for instance. I’m sure many
of you often wonder what con
ditions evoke certain types of
behavior and many of your
questions may be answered
during the pursuit of a psy
chology major. “Secondly,
Dr. Blanton noted that at Mer
edith a psychology major
needs an interest in human
behavior, as opposed to ani
mal behavior or to physiolo
gical processes related to
human behavior. While lar
ger schools often stress the
latter two, the department
here stresses more of a so
cial science kind of behavior.
As such, it attracts students
who are interested in “know
ing how to understand and pre
dict human behavior”.
If one is industrious, one
may successfully combine a
psychology major with another
to move into many fields. Art-
psychology was earlier spok
en of and Dr. Blanton point
ed out that there are real
opportunities for math- psy
chology majors interested in
doing the statistical work ne
cessary in psychological re
search. Psychology can be a
fascinating study.
Carologue: try it
By AMI PIERCE
Remember THE WHOLE
EARTH CATALOG? In case
you don’t, it’s a catalogue
which “functions as an eval
uation and access device. With
it, the user should know bet
ter what is worth getting and
where and how to do the get
ting. An item is listed in the
catalog if it is deemed 1)
useful as a tool, 2) relevant
to independent education, 3)
high quality or low cost, 4)
easily available by mail.”
Well, now there’s one for
North Carolina called CAR
OLOGUE: ACCESS TO
NORTH CAROLINA, put to
gether by two guys in Dur
ham, Steve Hoffius and Ar-
nie Katz. General headings
include communities, peace-
work, roots, places to hitch
to, crafts, land and rural liv
ing, food (for the belly), food
(for thought), law, music, and
the three current liberation
movements - black, gay, and
women’s. There are about 600
more specific listings, lit
erally ranging from “Aber
deen” to “Zoo.” Hoffius and
Katz say “The resources in
cluded in CAROLOGUE seek to
put all of us in touch: with
ourselves and those around
us, our region and its heri
tage, our dreams and those of
others.” I say spend the $2.08
(including tax) it’ll cost you.
If nothing else, CAROLOGUE
will give you some pleasant
and interesting reading. At
most, it can be not only an
access to North Carolina, but
a road to yourself.
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FUTURE SHOCK
Informal Discussion
Groups...
College Center
Snack Bar
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 4 p.m. -
Siuber - IJttleton; Tuesday,
Feb. 6, 7 p.in. - Spooner
-Fracker; Thursday. Feb. 15,
4 p.m. - Simmons - Ever-
ette; Thursday, Feb. 22. 7 p.
m. - DeBerry - Ledford and
Tuesday, Feb. 27-4 p.m,-
Maron - Preston.
All students, faculty and
staff are invited to attend as
many of the sessions as pos
sible and to participate act
ively or passively in the dis
cussion. Please do NOT feel
that you must have complet
ed rmuting the entire liookbi'-
fore attending a discussion
session.