| Description |
viii, 278 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Harper torchbooks
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Harper torchbooks.
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| Note |
First Harper Torchbook edition 1964. |
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"This collection originated as a series of talks in the Forum series of the Voice of America." |
| Contents |
Introduction the behavioral sciences / Bernard Berelson -- Institutional orgnization of the behavioral sciences / Ralph W. Tyler -- Anthropology: Its present interests / Cora Dubois -- Psychology: Its present interests / Ernest R. Hilgard -- Sociology: Its present interests / Harry Alpert -- Methods of research used by American behavioral scientists / Samuel A. Stouffer -- Computer simulation in the behavioral sciences / Carl I. Hovland -- The evolution of behavior / George Gaylord Simpson and Anne Roe -- Neuropsychology in America / Karl H. Pibram --Animal study / Harry F. Harlow -- Language and the linguistics / Joseph H. Greenberg -- Thinking, cognition and learning / George A. Miller -- The psychology of personality / Robert A. Knapp -- Small groups / George C. Homans -- Political behavior and public opinion / Paul F. Lazarfeld -- Social stratification and the analysis of American society / Seymour Martin Lipset -- Social demograhy / Kingsley Davis -- Behavioral science application in the professions / Donald R. Young -- Some contributions of behavioral science to contemporary life / John W. Riley, Jr -- The mosaic of behavioral sciences / Robert K. Merton |
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Social sciences.
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Social sciences. |
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