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Bernard Berelson: Behavioral Scientist

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Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, (1981)
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6696(198107)17:3\%3C305::AID-JHBS2300170302\%3E3.0.CO;2-I

Abstract

Bernard Berelson (1912–1979) was trained as a librarian and wrote two important books on reading and readers, but his major contributions to the behavioral sciences were in the fields of communications research, voting studies, and population. He virtually created the term '' behavioral sciences'' and he was principally responsible for the establishment of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, California. His energy and intelligence and his belief both in the importance of behavioral empiricism and the ethical and moral dimensions of behavioral research have left an enduring legacy.

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