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Peer reviewedLangdon, John – American Journal of Sociology, 1979
Challenges the view that the social sciences are theoretically impoverished disciplines when compared with the natural sciences. Demonstrates that the synthesis of an abstract Darwinian model of systemic adaptation and the behavioral principles of social learning produces a logical theory of sociocultural evolution. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cultural Awareness, Evolution, Intellectual Disciplines
