Behavioral and Social Science Research: A National Resource specifies appropriate criteria for assessing the value, significance, and social utility of basic research in the social sciences. This report identifies illustrative areas of basic research in the social sciences that have developed analytic frameworks of high social utility and describes the development of these frameworks and their utilization. It also identifies illustrative areas of basic research in the social sciences that are likely to be of high value, significance, and/or social utility in the near future, reviews the current state of knowledge in these areas, and indicates research efforts needed to bring these areas to their full potential.
- Behavioral and Social Science Research: A National Resource
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- VALUE, SIGNIFICANCE, AND SOCIAL UTILITY
- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT
- RELATIONSHIP OF THIS REPORT TO PREVIOUS STUDIES
- THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
- 2 The Nature and Methods of the Behavioral and Social Sciences
- THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Anthropology
- Economics
- Political Science
- Geography
- History
- Statistics
- DYNAMICS OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Specialization
- Improvement of Data
- Shifts in Conceptual and Theoretical Focus
- Interdisciplinary Ferment
- A Final Word
- EXPLANATORY MODES AND METHODS IN THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Experimentation
- Statistical Control
- Statistically Uncontrolled Observation
- 3 Knowledge from the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Examples
- VOTING
- HISTORY OF THE FAMILY
- BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH
- Direct Psychophysiological Effects
- Health-Impairing Habits and Life-Styles
- Reactions to Illness and the Sick Role
- PRIMARY GROUPS IN LARGE-SCALE SOCIETY
- THE ANALYSIS OF STATUS ATTAINMENT
- INFORMATION PROCESSING PSYCHOLOGY
- ORIGINS OF AGRICULTURE
- SOCIAL CHOICE
- HUMAN ORIGINS
- SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF MONKEYS AND APES
- 4 The Uses of Social and Behavioral Research
- INFORMATION-GENERATING TECHNOLOGIES
- Sample Surveys
- Standardized Testing
- Economic Data and Economic Models
- Economic Data
- Econometric Forecasting
- Related Developments
- CHANGES IN THE WAY WE DO THINGS
- Human Factors Applications
- Applications of Learning Theory
- Therapeutic Applications
- Pedagogical Applications
- Other Applications
- Organizational Analysis
- Organizations and Management
- Japanese Management
- Resource Allocation
- Locational Analysis
- Program and Policy Evaluation
- CHANGES IN THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT THINGS
- The Changing Conception of Race and Ethnicity
- The Function of Social Science Labeling
- 5 The National Interest in the Support of Basic Research
- CONCLUSIONS
- ADDITIONAL CONCLUSIONS
- SUMMARY
- References
- Appendix A Contents of Part II
- Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
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