Support of the Decade of Behavior Distinguished Lecture Series
Grantee: American Psychological Association
Grant Details
| Project Lead | Richard McCarty Ph.D. |
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| Amount | $167,500 |
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| Summary |
The Decade of Behavior is a multidisciplinary initiative to focus the talents, energy, and creativity of the behavioral and social sciences on meeting many of society’s most significant challenges. These include improving education and health care; enhancing safety in homes and communities; actively addressing the needs of an aging population; and helping to curb drug abuse, crime, high risk behaviors, poverty, racism, and cynicism towards government. The beginning of the twenty-first century is the ideal time to highlight how insight into behavior will help meet these national challenges, and behavioral and social scientists are encouraged to bring their research results forward to help inform the public and the public policy process about the Decade's five major themes: -Improving health |