Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
Which is Not correct about the communications theory in comparative politics?
AIt tried to give an essentially engineering orientation to human behaviour
BIts representative book, The Nerves of Government, was written by Wiener ✓ Correct
CIt uses the concepts of feedback, channel capacity and memory
DIt is closely related to cybernetics and control theory as applied to complex systems
Correct answer: (B) Its representative book, The Nerves of Government, was written by Wiener — The incorrect statement is that The Nerves of Government was written by Wiener.
Explanation
★The incorrect statement is that The Nerves of Government was written by Wiener.
★The Nerves of Government was written by Karl Deutsch.
★The theory gave an engineering orientation to human behaviour.
★It uses concepts of feedback, channel capacity and memory.
★It is closely related to cybernetics and control theory.
★So the attribution to Wiener is incorrect.
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