The traditional social science disciplines can provide many benefits to the field of human behavior in fire (HBiF). First, the social sciences delve further into insights only marginally examined by HBiF researchers, in turn, expanding the depth of HBiF research. In this paper, I present examples of studies from the fields of social psychology and sociology that would expand HBiF research into non-engineering or "unobservable" aspects of behavior during a fire event. Second, the social sciences can provide insight into new areas of research; in turn, expanding the scope of HBiF research. In this section, I introduce pre- and post-fire studies and explore potential research questions that fall outside of the response period of a fire, the phase upon which most focus is currently placed. Third, the social sciences elucidate the value of research methods available to study human behavior. Qualitative research methods are specifically highlighted. These three benefits will allow HBiF researchers to collect a wider range of data, further develop and expand current behavioral knowledge, and increase the impact of this research for both social and engineering applications. Finally, I end with a discussion on possible ways to better integrate the social sciences within human behavior in fire.

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烧毁筒仓：将社会科学的新观点融入火灾研究中的人类行为

传统的社会科学学科可以为火灾中的人类行为 (HBiF) 领域提供许多好处。首先，社会科学进一步深入研究了 HBiF 研究人员仅略有研究的见解，从而扩大了 HBiF 研究的深度。在本文中，我展示了来自社会心理学和社会学领域的研究示例，这些研究将 HBiF 研究扩展到火灾事件期间行为的非工程或“不可观察”方面。其次，社会科学可以洞察新的研究领域；反过来，扩大了 HBiF 研究的范围。在本节中，我将介绍火灾前和火灾后的研究，并探讨火灾响应期之外的潜在研究问题，这是目前最受关注的阶段。第三，社会科学阐明了可用于研究人类行为的研究方法的价值。特别强调定性研究方法。这三个好处将使 HBiF 研究人员能够收集更广泛的数据，进一步发展和扩展当前的行为知识，并增加这项研究对社会和工程应用的影响。最后，我最后讨论了将社会科学更好地融入人类火灾行为中的可能方法。