Behavioral and Social Science [microform] : Fifty Years of Discovery / Neil J. Smelser, Ed. and Dean R. Gerstein, Ed
- Bib ID:
- 5494726
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED298055
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986
- 306 p.
- ISBN:
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- 9780309035880
- 0309035880
- Summary:
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This commemorative book contains 10 papers that provide a selective sample of behavioral and social science research accomplishments and trends over a 50-year period, and comparisons are made with research presented in the 1933 report, "Recent Social Trends in the United States" (The Ogburn Report). Four chapters in part 1, "Understanding Social Change", highlight advances in theories and methods devoted to social, organizational, and economic change. They include: (1) "The Ogburn Vision Fifty Years Later" (N. Smelser); (2) "Measuring Social Change" (A. Reiss, Jr.); (3) "Uncertainity, Diversity, and Organizational Change" (N. Hannan); and (4) "Macroeconomic Modeling and Forecasting" (L. Klein). Part 2, "Numbers and Decisionmaking", features the increasing use of quantitative concepts and data. It contains: (1) "Public Statistics and Democratic Politics" (K. Prewitt); (2) "Deterrence in Criminology and Social Policy" (H. Ross, G. LaFree); and (3) "Choices, Values, and Frames" (D. Kahneman, A. Tversky). Part 3, "Discovering the Mind at Work", explores the growth of the study of cognition and behavior in: (1) "Changing Views of Cognitive Competence in the Young" (R. Gelman, A. Brown); (2) "Some Developments in Research on Language Behavior" (M. Studdert-Kennedy); and (3) "Visual Perception of Real and Represented Objects and Events" (J. Hochberg). References are included. (JHP)
- Notes:
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- Availability: National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20418 ($29.50).
- Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.
- ERIC Note: Papers presented at a Symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Ogburn Report, "Recent Social Trends in the United States" (Washington, DC, November 29-30, 1983).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Behavior
- Behavioral Science Research
- Behavioral Sciences
- Cognitive Processes
- Comparative Analysis
- Economic Change
- Organizational Change
- Research
- Research Methodology
- Social Change
- Social Science Research
- Social Sciences
- Statistical Analysis
- Trend Analysis
- Ogburn Report Research Trends
- Commemorative Publications
- Other authors/contributors:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1986
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