The Behavioral and Social Sciences : Outlook and Needs / a report by the Behavioral and Social Sciences Survey Committee
Imprint
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1969
Descript
335 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cm
SUMMARY
Surveys the issues, values, and goals of the behavioral and social sciences and describes the job of the social scientists. Explores ways these sciences could be developed and supported so their potential usefulness to society can be realized. Assesses the nature of the behavioral and social science enterprise in terms of past growth, present size, and anticipated development. Suggests ways these sciences could contribute to basic understanding of human behavior and to effective social planning and policy making. Covers the disciplines of anthropology, economic, geography, history, linguistics, political science, psychiatry, psychology, and sociology. Includes social science aspects of mathematics and biological and physical science. [TAIC]
