International Behavior Analysis: Preliminary Findings
Abstract
This report constitutes the final technical report of year two of the International Behavior Analysis (IBA) Project. The Project's basic goal is to provide a means for producing comparative, empirical generalizations about how, when, and why nations are likely to act, react, and interact. Three distinct kinds of behavior are being analyzed. First, the identification of sources of national action is a central objective. Nations act externally in response to domestic and/or foreign stimuli. Three domestic (or internal) and two foreign (or external) sources of behavior have been identified. These components (or collections of source factors) include: (1) psychological; (2) political; (3) societal; (4) interstate; and (5) global clusters of determinants. The second kind of behavior involves the processes of initiative decision-making. How does a nation initiate an external action. That is, after one or more conditions generate a decision occasion, how does the nation respond. Similar in nature is responsive decision-making. These processes occur when the nation is acted upon. The action of the other nation -- the primary source -- provides the stimulus for a responsive action. The decision-making processes which characterize the formulation of a response constitute the scope of this form of behavior.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA030686
Entities
People
- Gerald W. Hopple
- Jonathan Wilkenfeld
Organizations
- University of Maryland