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Peer reviewedHolden, Constance – Science, 1978
Reviews the creation of the Assembly for Behavioral and Social Sciences (ABASS) by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). (SL)
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Organizations (Groups), Scientists, Social Sciences
Peer reviewedAbelson, Philip H. – Science, 1972
Discusses the interrelations between factors influencing energy requirements, environmental quality, balance of payments, and national security. (AL)
Descriptors: Economics, Editorials, Energy, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedRussell, Clifford S.; Landsberg, Hans H. – Science, 1971
Proposes and explicates a classification scheme of world environmental problems. Identifies research questions requiring answers. Physical-linkage effects, subdivided into global and regional problems, and social-linkage effects, subdivided into pecuniary and non-pecuniary effects, are each illustrated by examples. (AL)
Descriptors: Classification, Economics, Environment, Natural Resources
Peer reviewedKeeney, Barnaby C. – Science, 1970
Suggests that the exploration of values might form a bridge linking the sciences and humanities. Discusses problems of application of knowledge in both fields. Emphasizes the need for new values and political instruments with changing knowledge and situations. (EB)
Descriptors: Humanities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Natural Sciences, Social Change
Peer reviewedDeutsch, Karl W.; And Others – Science, 1971
Most of the 62 major advances in social sciences since 1900 have come from a few centers in the United States and England, had rapid effects, been produced by workers 35-45 years old, tended to be quantitative, interdisciplinary ideas stimulated by, and applied to, practical demands. (AL)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Creativity, Economics, Mathematics
Peer reviewedSavas, E. S. – Science, 1970
Descriptors: City Government, Cybernetics, Decision Making, Information Theory
Peer reviewedNoble, John H., Jr. – Science, 1974
Several issues related to peer review and improvement of applied social research are discussed. Peer review needs strengthening in at least two ways: (1) use of formal standards and reproducible measures, and (2) peer review of completed research. (RH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Peer Evaluation
Peer reviewedMead, Margaret – Science, 1976
Discusses methods appropriate to the study of the human world and those appropriate to the physical sciences, and how such methods can serve to support and reinforce each other. (MLH)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Human Living, Physical Sciences, Science Education
Peer reviewedMcElroy, W. D. – Science, 1972
Descriptors: Editorials, Foundation Programs, Natural Sciences, Prediction
Peer reviewedCarter, Luther J. – Science, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior, Family Planning, Females, Population Growth
Peer reviewedHawley, Amos H. – Science, 1973
Author suggests that study of population growth is not a field of study only for ecologists. Population growth is related with social sciences in the nature of its process and future consequences. Broader, comprehensive approaches to this problem will be useful. (PS)
Descriptors: Ecology, Environment, Environmental Education, Human Capital
Peer reviewedScience, 1972
Descriptors: Environmental Research, Federal Programs, Financial Support, Foundation Programs
Peer reviewedHumphrey, Hubert H. – Science, 1972
Descriptors: International Organizations, National Programs, Natural Sciences, Peace
Peer reviewedRomano-V, Octavio I. – Science, 1974
Examines some of the problems associated with the training, retraining, and rehabilitation of people in urban, industrial California. Indicates that on an average day in 1969, over seven million people in California were under institutional care or in some institutional program related to law enforcement, social welfare, hospitals, and schools.…
Descriptors: Institutional Personnel, Institutionalized Persons, Institutions, Minority Groups
Peer reviewedSimon, Herbert A. – Science, 1980
This article reviews some recent technical progress in the social sciences and three frontier areas including evolutionary theory as related to sociobiology, the theory of human rational choice, and cognitive science. These areas offer explanations for broad areas of human behavior. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavioral Sciences, Cognitive Processes, Evolution
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