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Traditionalism made a point to describe only institutions and constitutions. It didn’t analyze the people running these institutions or try to explain their behavior. Behavioralism changed this. Now, political scientists begin to study human behavior and actually explain and analyze the inner working of institutions and constitutions. For example, instead of just describing Congress, the researcher now focuses on members of Congress and why and how they vote a certain way. Instead of describing the great battles of World War II, the political scientist now tries to explain why war broke out and how decisions were made during the war. In a nutshell, explanation replaced description in political science research. Today only a few traditionalist political scientists remain, mostly in Europe.