Contributions to behaviorism

Contributions to behaviorism
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After the end of World War II, a significant number of American
political scientists, including David B. Truman, Robert Dahl, Evron M.
Kirkpatrich, Heinz Eulau, and others, made significant contributions to
behaviorism. These contributions elaborated and expanded the scope of
the behavioral approach beyond the study of political behavior. For this
reason, it is necessary to cite the modern definition of behavioural
approach that Geoffrey K. Roberts offered in A Dictionary of Political
Analysis, which was published in 1971: “As a subfield of political
science, the study of political behavior is concerned with those elements
of human behavior that take place inside a state or other political society,
for the goals of politics, or out of political motive. Its focus is on the
individual person, rather than the group or the political system; this
includes roles such as voter, leader, revolutionary, party member,
opinion leader, etc. However, it must necessarily take into account the
influences of the group on the individual’s behavior, the constraints of
the system on the individual’s opportunities for action, and the effects of
political culture on his attitude and political habits.
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