Behavioural sciences (or Behavioral science) is a term that encompasses all the disciplines that explores the behaviour and strategies within and between organisms in the natural world. It involves the systematic analysis and investigation of humans and animal behaviour, through controlled and naturalistic experimental observations and rigorous formulations. Behavior or behaviour refers to the actions or reactions of an object or organism, usually in relation to the environment. ... In biology and ecology, an organism (in Greek organon = instrument) is an assembly of molecules that influence each other in such a way that they function as a more or less stable whole and have properties of life. ... Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu (extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens Human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... From Latin ex- + -periri (akin to periculum attempt). ...

Difference between behavioural sciences and social sciences

The term behavioural sciences is often confused with the term social sciences. Though these two broad areas are interrelated and study systemic processes of behaviour, they differ on the level of scientific analysis of various dimensions of behaviour. Behavioural sciences essentially investigates the decision processes and communication strategies within and between organisms in a social system. It involves fields like Psychology and Social neuroscience among others. While social sciences study the structural level processes of a social system and its impact on social processes and social organization and involves fields like Sociology, Economics, History, and Political science. Psychology (Classical Greek: psyche = soul or mind, logos = study of) is an academic and applied field involving the study of behaviour, mind and thought and, frequently, the application of such knowledge to various spheres of human activity, including problems of individuals daily lives and the treatment of mental illness. ... The social sciences comprise the claimed application of scientific methods to the study of the human aspects of the world. ... Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... Economics (from the Greek οίκος [oikos], house, and νέμω [nemo], rules, hence household management) is the social science that studies the production, distribution, trade and consumption of goods and services in the context of the competing alternative allocations of goods and courses of action. ... History Forums - History is Happening -Discuss all historical topics, as well as current events, in an academic setting. ... Niccolò Machiavelli, ca 1500, became the key figure in realistic political theory, crucial to political science Political science is an academic and research discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ...

Categories of behavioural sciences

Behavioural sciences on the other hand includes two broad categories: Neural-Decision sciences and Social-Communication sciences. Decision sciences involves those disciplines primarily dealing with the decision processes and individual functioning used in the survival of organism in a social environment. These include Psychology, Cognitive organization theory, Psychobiology, Management science and Operations research (not to be confused with business administration) and social Neuroscience. While Communication sciences involves those fields that studies the communication strategies used by organisms and its dynamics between organisms in an environment. These include fields like Anthropology, Organizational behaviour, Organization science and Social networks. Psychology (Classical Greek: psyche = soul or mind, logos = study of) is an academic and applied field involving the study of behaviour, mind and thought and, frequently, the application of such knowledge to various spheres of human activity, including problems of individuals daily lives and the treatment of mental illness. ... This article or section should be merged with biological psychology Psychobiology, also called biopsychology, is the scientific study of mental functioning and behavior in relation to other biological processes, or put another way, of the effects of cognition, emotions, and experience on animal physiology. ... Management science, or MS, is the discipline of using mathematics, and other analytical methods, to help make better business decisions. ... Operations research, operational research, or simply OR, is the use of mathematical models, statistics and algorithms to aid in decision-making. ... Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθρωπος = human) consists of the study of humankind (see genus Homo). ... Organizational Studies (also known as Industrial Organizations, Organizational Behavior and I/O) is a distinct field of academic study which takes as its subject organizations, examining them using the methods of economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and psychology. ... A social network is a map of the relationships between individuals, indicating the ways in which they are connected through various social familiarities ranging from casual acquaintance to close familial bonds. ...

Behavioural sciences as integrative sciences

Neural-Decision sciences forms the bridge between the behavioural sciences and Cognitive and natural sciences including through the interaction of bio-physical systems and cognitive processes in decision making of the organism. While Social-Communication sciences forms the link between behavioural sciences and social sciences through the interaction of individual cognitive and communication strategies and social-structural processes. Cognitive science is usually defined as the scientific study either of mind or of intelligence (e. ... The term natural science as the way in which different fields of study are defined is determined as much by historical convention as by the present day meaning of the words. ... Biophysics (also biological physics) is an interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology. ... Decision making is the cognitive process of selecting a course of action from among multiple alternatives. ... The social sciences comprise the claimed application of scientific methods to the study of the human aspects of the world. ...

Thus behavioural sciences lies at the crossroads between the natural sciences and the social sciences, linking broad areas of scientific exploration. The term natural science as the way in which different fields of study are defined is determined as much by historical convention as by the present day meaning of the words. ... The social sciences comprise the claimed application of scientific methods to the study of the human aspects of the world. ...

Physical science is the branch of science including chemistry and physics, usually contrasted with the social sciences and sometimes including and sometimes contrasted with natural or biological science. ... Chemistry (in Greek: χημεία) is the science of matter and its interactions with energy and itself (see physics, biology). ... Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology is the science of life (from the Greek words bios = life and logos = word). ... Cognitive science is usually defined as the scientific study either of mind or of intelligence (e. ... Psychology (Classical Greek: psyche = soul or mind, logos = study of) is an academic and applied field involving the study of behaviour, mind and thought and, frequently, the application of such knowledge to various spheres of human activity, including problems of individuals daily lives and the treatment of mental illness. ... Social psychology is the study of the nature and causes of human social behavior, with an emphasis on how people think towards each other and how they relate to each other. ... Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθρωπος = human) consists of the study of humankind (see genus Homo). ... Organizational Studies (also known as Industrial Organizations, Organizational Behavior and I/O) is a distinct field of academic study which takes as its subject organizations, examining them using the methods of economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and psychology. ... This article or section should be merged with biological psychology Psychobiology, also called biopsychology, is the scientific study of mental functioning and behavior in relation to other biological processes, or put another way, of the effects of cognition, emotions, and experience on animal physiology. ... Management science, or MS, is the discipline of using mathematics, and other analytical methods, to help make better business decisions. ... Operations research, operational research, or simply OR, is the use of mathematical models, statistics and algorithms to aid in decision-making. ... ... A social network is a map of the relationships between individuals, indicating the ways in which they are connected through various social familiarities ranging from casual acquaintance to close familial bonds. ... Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour considered as a branch of zoology. ... Memetics is the scientific approach to evolutionary models of information transfer based on the concept of the meme. ... Organizational Ecology (Also Organizational Demography and Population Ecology) is a theoretical and practical approach to studying institutions in the behavioural sciences, and is especially used in organizational studies. ... Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... Economics (from the Greek οίκος [oikos], house, and νέμω [nemo], rules, hence household management) is the social science that studies the production, distribution, trade and consumption of goods and services in the context of the competing alternative allocations of goods and courses of action. ... Niccolò Machiavelli, ca 1500, became the key figure in realistic political theory, crucial to political science Political science is an academic and research discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... Economic sociology can be used to refer to two distinct disciplines: The mutual impact of economic and social institutions, similar to political economy — see socioeconomics The adoption of economic techniques, particularly quantitative rational choice theory, to areas of study that have previously remained the domain of sociology, anthropology or psychology. ...

Selected Bibliography

• E. D. Klemke, R. Hollinger, and A. D. Kline, editors. Introductory Readings in the Philosophy of Science. Prometheus Books, New York.

External links

• http://www.cpa.ca/ac-main.html (canadian journal of behavioural sciences)

• https://www.casbs.org/ (Centre for advanced study in the behavioral sciences - Stanford University)