[4] The rejection of this paradigm as overly-restrictive would lead to the rise of cognitive approaches in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
It was probably Dwight Waldo who coined the term for the first time in a book called "Political Science in the United States" which was released in 1956.
[8] Critics saw the study of politics as being primarily qualitative and normative, and claimed that it lacked a scientific method necessary to be deemed a science.
[11] In the period of 1954-63, Gabriel Almond spread behavioralism to comparative politics by creation of a committee in SSRC.
"[18] Easton agreed, stating, "every man puts his own emphasis and thereby becomes his own behavioralist" and attempts to completely define behavioralism are fruitless.
"[23] Christian Bay believed behavioralism was a pseudopolitical science and that it did not represent "genuine" political research.
[24] Bay objected to empirical consideration taking precedence over normative and moral examination of politics.
[25] Additionally, radical critics believe that the separation of fact from value makes the empirical study of politics impossible.
He identified and rejected six basic premises and in each case argued the traditional approach was superior to behavioralism: