?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=How+do+you+track+down+rumors%3F&rft.creator=Verplanck%2C+W+S&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=Many+departments+have+found+one+or+another+form+of+sensitivity+training+a+valuable+if+not+indispensable+method+for+training+their+students.+In+almost+all+cases%2C+it+is+a+powerful+and+effective+tool%2C+designed+and+used+for+the+betterment+in+some+way+of+its+participants.+Such+sensitivity-training+groups+have+been+employed+by+some+departments+successfully+at+the+undergraduate+as+well+as+graduate+level.+The+outcomes+have+been+sufficiently+satisfactory+so+that+many+students+are+required+to+participate+in+groups+as+part+of+the+educational+process.++The+rumors+are+to+the+effect+that+other+departments+have+encountered+serious+consequences+of+intensive+sensitivity+training+for+some+participants%2C+such+that+several+departments+had+forbidden+that+its+students+engage+in+T+grouping.+%22Hard%22+data+would+be%2C+to+put+it+mildly%2C+hard+to+come+by.++But+some+rumors%2C+especially+when+they+relate+to+the+relationship+of+the+profession+to+the+public%2C+and+of+faculty+members+to+their+students%2C+are+disquieting+to+the+degree+that+requires+some+investigation--at+least+an+investigation+that+is+sufficient+to+help+us+reach+a+decision+whether+there+should+be+a+full+and+adequately+designed+and+controlled+study.++Result%3A+An+attempt%2C+not+to+get+precise+data%2C+but+solely+to+determine+whether+there+was+any+fire+whatsoever+under+the+smoke--to+determine+whether+it+is+indeed+smoke%2C+or+merely+local+fogging+conditions%3B+that+is%2C+to+track+down+the+rumors.+Method%3A+A+letter+of+inquiry+was+sent+to+the+chairman+of+all+graduate+departments+that+offer+degrees+in+psychology--over+300+of+them--with+a+postcard+enabling+response+by+check%2C+and+a+request+for+comment+and+amplification+in+letters.+The+postcard+tried+to+determine+whether+the+department+chairman+had+heard+such+rumors%2C+whether+his+department+had+had+%22incidents%2C%22+and+whether+he+thought+%22we+have+no+responsibility.%22&rft.date=1970&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F606%2F1%2Fbiblio37.html&rft.identifier=++Verplanck%2C+W+S++(1970)+How+do+you+track+down+rumors%3F++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F606%2F