1. BEHAVIORAL SOCIOLOGY: EMERGENT FORMS AND ISSUES.
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Michaels, James W. and Green, Dan S.
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SOCIAL sciences , *SOCIOLOGY , *PLEONASM , *PSYCHOLOGY , *SOCIAL exchange , *HISTORY , *CIVILIZATION - Abstract
Behavioral sociology has developed unique features which have caused controversy and confusion in the discipline. In this paper, we briefly describe the history of behavioral sociology, and show how its major forms have been applied to behavioral analysts in complex organizations, laboratory experimental analysis of social exchange and social process, and behavioral macrosociology and theoretical extensions We also briefly examine criticisms of behavioral sociology on grounds of tautology, reduction, the omission of internal states as relevant data, and behavior control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1978