TY - JOUR
T1 - Methodological problems associated with a biologically-oriented social science
AU - Peterson, Steven A.
AU - Somit, Albert
PY - 1978/1
Y1 - 1978/1
N2 - Recent advances in biology, particularly in ethology, have created a growing interest among social scientists in exploring the possibility that biological factors may significantly influence human social behavior. This article focuses on the methodological pitfalls of which ethologically oriented social scientists should be aware. It examines some of the conceptual issues from which these methodological problems often stem; the general methodological problems encountered in the ethological study of behavior; and, in conclusion, the special difficulties encountered when Homo sapiens becomes the subject of investigation.
AB - Recent advances in biology, particularly in ethology, have created a growing interest among social scientists in exploring the possibility that biological factors may significantly influence human social behavior. This article focuses on the methodological pitfalls of which ethologically oriented social scientists should be aware. It examines some of the conceptual issues from which these methodological problems often stem; the general methodological problems encountered in the ethological study of behavior; and, in conclusion, the special difficulties encountered when Homo sapiens becomes the subject of investigation.
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U2 - 10.1016/0140-1750(78)90015-5
DO - 10.1016/0140-1750(78)90015-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:49349129356
SN - 0140-1750
VL - 1
SP - 11
EP - 25
JO - Journal of Social and Biological Systems
JF - Journal of Social and Biological Systems
IS - 1
ER -