Dam project causes social change
Lake is site of behavioral research
This beautiful lake was created by Perry Dam on the Delaware River, but may not be as beneficial for the area as it was expected to be. Two KU professors of psychology, Roger Barker and Paul Gump, are using a federal grant to find out if social behavior in Jefferson County has changed since the lake was created. Detailed analysis is necessary to determine subtle changes in community behavior.
2 KANSAN Sept. 23 1969
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OSKALOOSA - When the Army Corps of Engineers built Perry Dam on the Delaware River in rural Jefferson County northwest of Lawrence, creating a major recreational area, it was the best break in years for the area's residents.
Or was it?
More money and more people are generally considered blessings for any region. But are the benefits tainted? And what subtle changes occur in the life of the community?
The research of Roger G. Barker and Paul V. Gump, KU professors of psychology under a U.S. Public Health Service grant is seeking answers to these questions.
Barker, the principal investigator at the Midwest Psychology Field Station at Oskaloosa, Jefferson County seat, has developed the concept upon which comparative behavior information is obtained and analyzed in this current study of changing social life.
The professors and two graduate assistants, Dale Olen and E. V. James, study "behavior settings," real-life events and places where people spend time, such as Allen's Drug Store, a meeting of the Perry Reservoir Association, the E.U.B. Curch Wednesday night service, or a high school pep rally.
To detect differences in social behavior, the researchers compile a detailed list of the person-hours spent in each behavior setting over a period of time. The Midwest Field Station did this in
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Jefferson County in 1959, before the dam was built.
Now that the dam and some recreational areas are completed, the researchers are preparing a new schedule of behavior settings. From comparisons of both studies, they can gain a general sense of direction for the community. For example, decreased "occupancy time" in the Wednesday night church service might signal a fundamental change in the orientation of social life in the community.
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In the case of Perry Dam some change is obvious. For the little town of Ozawkie, the construction brought vast differences. To avoid inundation by the reservoir, the town had to be relocated atop nearby hills. Some residents, even though given priority and
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