ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2003, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (4): 363-367.

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The Role of Psychology to Social Alarming System

Wang Erping,Zhang Benbo,Chen Yiwen,Shi Wei   

  1. Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101
  • Received:2003-06-20 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2003-07-15 Published:2003-07-15
  • Contact: Wang Erping

Abstract: This Article discusses first the need of social alarming to instable factors for a society, and the importance of the social alarming system to make public policies and administrative decisions. Social alarming system refers to a social attitude survey network by which social crisis events can be predicted and ceased. The next part of this article introduces the surveys of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan and the National Center for Social Research in the United Kingdom. In the last part, the authors highlight two important methodological issues – the relationship between attitudes and actions, and the sampling.

Key words: social alarming system, crisis events, social attitude survey

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