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2006-07-10 01:19:31 · 3 answers · asked by stacyewebb@verizon.net 1 in Social Science Psychology

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Behavioural sciences (or Behavioral science) is a term that encompasses all the disciplines that explore the activities of and interactions among organisms in the natural world. It involves the systematic analysis and investigation of human and animal behaviour through controlled and naturalistic experimental observations and rigorous formulations. (E. D. Klemke, R. Hollinger, and A. D. Kline, (ed) (1980
Behavioural sciences 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, operations research (not to be confused with business administration) and social neuroscience. Communication sciences include 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, Sociology and Social networks.

2006-07-10 02:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

I'm not sure what you're asking. But, about 35 years ago, "social science" was divided into two realated categories. The first, "social science," retained its original name and included history, political science, economics, and so forth.

The other became known as "behavioral science," possibly because scientists in this field studied on-going (rather than past) human behaviors. The category included anthroplolgy, psychology, and sociology.

Later, as classes like "women's studies" or "Hispanic studies" emerged, they picked or were put into one of the two categories, or they remained independent of either.

To try to name five specific behavioral sciences would be impossible. There are geographers and sociologists who study demography (population dynamics) exactly the same way. Likewise, a course in "Wester Civilization" may not be too much different than a course in "Social History" taught by a historian or a course in "History of Social Thought" taught by a sociologist.

2006-07-10 02:12:09 · answer #2 · answered by Goethe 4 · 0 0

Behavioral Science Disciplines

2017-02-27 08:17:52 · answer #3 · answered by mateen 4 · 0 0

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