Population Psychology in Perspective
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 12 (2) , 135-146
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207597708247384
Abstract
Many aspects of population, from fertility regulation to migration, may be viewed as examples of human behavior occurring within a particular socio‐economic and environmental context, and thus appropriate for psychological research. Especially considered in this paper are (1) the current status of population growth and the importance of population processes as research topics for psychologists; (2) basic assumptions concerning the complementarity of behavioral and biomedical sciences in population research; (3) behavioral science contributions, specifically from psychology; and (4) recommendations for cooperative multidisciplinary efforts.Keywords
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