ED 228 114 , AUTHOR TITLE INSTITUTION SPONS AGENCY REPORT NO PUB DATE NOTE AVAILABLE FROM PUB TYPE DOCUMENT RESUME SO 014 503 Adams, Robert McC , Ed.; And Others Behavioral and Social Science Research: A National Resource. Part II. National Academy of Sciences National Research Council, Washington, D.C. Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences. National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. ISBN-0-309-03297-0 82 611p.; For a related document, see SO 014 617. National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20418 ($27.50). Viewpoints (120) -- Books (010) -- Information Analyses (070) EDRS PRICE MF03 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Behavioral Science Research; Behavior Modification; Cognitive Development; Demography; Economics; Health; Income; Reading Skills; Research Methodology; *Social Science Research; Voting IDENTIFIERS Psychophysics / r ABSTRACT / Areas of behavioral and s8cial science research that have achieved significant breakthroughs in knowledge or application or that show future promise of achieving such breakthroughs are discussed in 12 papers. For example, the paper on formal demography shows how mathematical or statistical techniques can be used to explain and predict change in population characteristics. A paper dealing with behavior and health discusses several biological processes that link behavior to physical illnesses, including stress and such health-impairing habits as smoking, heavy drinking, poor diet, and lack of exercise. In another paper a social anthropologist explores the relationships between culture, social culture, personality, and experience. The remaining papers treat voting behavior research, the life-span approach, income inequality, advances in met)hods for large-scale surveys and experiments, psychophysics,* reading as a cognitive process, property and territoriality, cognitive development in the first years of life, and behavior therapy. (RM) , *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** L,