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Lachman and Butterfield were among the first to imply that cognitive psychology has a revolutionary origin. [23] Thomas H. Leahey has criticized the idea that the introduction of behaviorism and the cognitive revolution were actually revolutions and proposed an alternative history of American psychology as "a narrative of research traditions."
A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates for, a revolution. [1] The term revolutionary can also be used as an adjective to describe something producing a major and sudden impact on society.
The word was limited then to mean the revolving motion of celestial bodies. "Revolution" in the sense of abrupt change in a social order was first recorded in the mid-15th century. [6] [7] By 1688, the political meaning of the word was familiar enough that the replacement of James II with William III was termed the "Glorious Revolution". [8]
[3] [4] She comes to this definition by combining Samuel P. Huntington's definition that it "is a rapid, fundamental, and violent domestic change in the dominant values and myths of society, in its political institutions, social structure, leadership, and government activities and policies" [5] and Vladimir Lenin's, which is that revolutions ...
In psychology, the term revolutionary coalition describes the formation of a within a larger group with the purpose of altering or disrupting existing authority structures. [1] These efforts also typically aim for “a radical and pervasive change in the functioning and structure of the group or organization.” [ 2 ]
In Marxist terminology, a revolutionary situation is a political situation indicative of a possibility of a revolution. The concept was introduced by Vladimir Lenin in 1913, in his article "Маёвка революционного пролетариата" [1] (Mayovka of the Revolutionary Proletariat). In the article two conditions for a ...
A democratic revolution is a political science term denoting a revolution in which a democracy is instituted, replacing a previous non-democratic government, or in which revolutionary change is brought about through democratic means. According to Tocqueville, a democracy, as well as other forms of regimes, is a social condition. It holds a ...
Phase 4 – Paradigm shift, or scientific revolution, is the phase in which the underlying assumptions of the field are reexamined and a new paradigm is established. [20] Phase 5 – Post-revolution, the new paradigm's dominance is established and so scientists return to normal science, solving puzzles within the new paradigm. [21]