Reducción de la Tensión Internacional por Métodos Psicológicos

Behavioristic suggestions are presented for the reduction of international tension, based on the laws of reinforcement, punishment, and extinction. The principles are applied to past international behaviors, especially in relation to Hitler and World War II. A proposal for the future is presented and the response-reinforcement contingencies are analyzed in detail. The appropriateness of applying principies of individual behavior to the behavior of a nation is defended pointing out that the laws are applied to individuals, particularly decision-maker individuals, and not to a "nation" in abstract.