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== Behavioural Science Disciplines ==
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Behavioral science is composed of different disciplines of [[social science]] which include [[anthropology]], [[psychology]], and [[sociology]]. Behavioral science is one of the only disciplines that study different disciplines all in one.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Nehnevajsa |first1=Jiri |last2=Festinger |first2=Leon |last3=Katz |first3=Daniel |date=April 1954 |title=Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2088409 |journal=American Sociological Review |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=230 |doi=10.2307/2088409 |issn=0003-1224 |jstor=2088409}}</ref> Behavioral science focuses on [[human behavior]] by using some of the great findings by anthropologists, psychologists, and sociologists. Behavioral scientists use many different techniques that were founded by the three different disciplines of social science and all of this helps the study of human behavior. Human behavior is an ever growing topic and it is one that is not fully understood yet. Behavioral science aims to get to the bottom of human behavior and come to grips with everything that it sets out to achieve.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Whitley, Jr. |first1=Bernard E. |last2=Kite |first2=Mary E. |date=2012-11-12 |title=Principles of Research in Behavioral Science |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203085219 |doi=10.4324/9780203085219|isbn=9780203085219 }}</ref>
==Categories==
{{Unreferenced section|date=February 2023}}Behavioural sciences include two broad categories: neural{{snd}} ''Information sciences'' and social{{snd}} ''Relational sciences''.
Information processing sciences deal with [[Information processing (psychology)|information processing]] of stimuli from the social environment by cognitive entities in order to engage in decision making, social judgment and social perception for individual functioning and survival of organism in a social environment. These include [[psychology]], [[cognitive science]], [[behaviour analysis]], [[psychobiology]], [[biological neural network|neural networks]], [[social cognition]], [[social psychology]], [[semantic networks]], [[ethology]], and [[social neuroscience]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/behavioral-sciences.html|title=What are behavioral sciences? definition and meaning|website=BusinessDictionary.com|access-date=23 December 2017|archive-date=15 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015083730/http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/behavioral-sciences.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On the other hand,
=== Sociology ===
[[Sociology]] involves the scientific examination of [[society]], encompassing the study of [[culture]], social relationships, and interactions. It includes the research and analysis of social patterns and processes, exploring the impact of the social world on our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. The primary focus of sociology is to comprehend the dynamics of society. With this insight, people are in a better position to influence and navigate through society, also gaining a deeper understanding of themselves in the process. This knowledge also plays a crucial role in decision-making.<ref name=":0" />
Coined by [[Auguste Comte]] in the 1830s, the term [[sociology]] originally referred to a constructed science that would unify all knowledge about human activity. The discipline emerged as a response to societal changes. There were many changes and advancements made in Western Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Changes like the invention of the [[steam engine]] would then alter the way in which society functioned. Starting with Auguste Comte, today sociology is studied all around the world.<ref name=":0">The Field of Sociology. An Introduction to Sociology. (n.d.). https://www.asanet.org/wp-content/uploads/savvy/introtosociology/Documents/Field%20of%20sociology033108.htm Retrieved 2023-12-07.</ref> === Anthropology ===
The focus and research methods used in [[Anthropology]] provide the Behavioral Sciences with a more comprehensive understanding of the cultural, environmental, and biological factors that influence human behavior. [[Ethnography]] is a research method developed by anthropologists that involves the study of the social behaviors of a people in their own environment using firsthand observations, interviews, and observer participation. The data collected by using the [[Ethnography|ethnographic]] method is primarily qualitative, but rich in context providing the perspective of those within the group.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Nina |url=https://pressbooks.pub/perspectives/ |title=Perspectives: An Open Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, 2nd Edition |last2=McIlwraith |first2=Thomas |last3=González |first3=Laura Tubelle de |date=2020-01-01 |publisher=The American Anthropological Association |language=en-us}}</ref>
Anthropologists now perform [[field research]] in the digital realm. Society’s behaviors are data tracked digitally by entities in areas that include government, healthcare, and retail. Ruckenstein and Schull referred to this phenomenon as the [[datafication]] of the world. With the rise of fitness and mobile devices, anthropologists can study behavior by collecting substantial amounts of quantifiable data and performing data analysis from individuals and data collection sites.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ruckenstein |first1=Minna |last2=Schüll |first2=Natasha Dow |date=2017-10-23 |title=The Datafication of Health |journal=Annual Review of Anthropology |language=en |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=261–278 |doi=10.1146/annurev-anthro-102116-041244 |issn=0084-6570|doi-access=free }}</ref>
Anthropologists have adopted the use of [[algorithms]] to mine data patterns related to behavior from large data sets. They study activities of users of social media sites to understand how like-minded individuals using these sites form new subgroups. Anthropologists are looking forward to one day enlisting the help of [[Artificial intelligence]] (AI) to perform anthropological research. Currently, AI does not have the capability to fully understand how to analyze data using an anthropological perspective.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hillier |first=Katie |date=2023-05-08 |title=Digital Anthropology Meets Data Science |url=https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/digital-anthropology-meets-data-science/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Anthropology News |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Psychology ===
A lot of people are unaware of how vast the concept of behavioral science is, with [[psychology]] being just one of its many branches. The theory of behavioral psychology describes how an individual's environment can alter their thoughts and behavior. Several observations have been made to test the validity of this idea, and the results show that many individuals alter their behavior depending on both their surroundings and who they are with. The mind modifies its thought processes in response to seemingly insignificant changes, yet they are not. Psychology is, as we all know, the study of the mind and behavior.
[https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=eZ4UCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP11&dq=Mills,+J.+A.+(1998).+Control+a+history+of+behavioral+psychology.+New+York+University+Press.&ots=uXOQl4qwsz&sig=2L1Cy-u6Z4unJbhdQ73HHqOgE-M#v=onepage&q=Mills%2C%20J.%20A.%20(1998).%20Control%20a%20history%20of%20behavioral%20psychology.%20New%20York%20University%20Press.&f=false John A. Mills] has helped us grasp the complexity of behaviorism and provided us with an understanding of cognitive psychology, which explains how individual minds function. These insights have influenced our understanding of psychology in behavioral science. We now know that while individual behaviors may vary, they all seem to lead to the same result. According to Mills, this behaviorism was first tested on animals and later on humans, with essentially the same results of changing based on environmental changes. Additionally, he provided a mother-daughter connection example in this book that encapsulates psychology in action. We need to develop a reciprocal relationship in order for that trustworthy relationship to flourish. Given this example, it is clear that, as we develop as people, we require the assurance and ongoing development of every relationship we come into contact with.
Because the nature of the mind is ever-evolving, it is crucial to fully comprehend the current study on the relationship between behavioral science and psychology.
=== Future of Behavioral Science ===
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As one cannot entirely predict the precise future of science, Skinner has shined some light onto no predictable possible future direction, but there has been research that argues. Chance<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chance |first=Paul |date=2007-10-01 |title=The ultimate challenge: Prove B. F. Skinner wrong |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392152 |journal=The Behavior Analyst |language=en |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=153–160 |doi=10.1007/BF03392152 |issn=2196-8918 |pmc=2203635 |pmid=22478494}}</ref> promoted behavior science and technology as a means of enhancing societal human development, also solving global and cultural issues. Gradually, this optimism had given way to the awareness that behavior science was actually demonstrating how unlikely it was that such issues would be resolved in time to prevent a host of potential catastrophes. Chance identified possible behavioral occurrences that seem to get in the way of large-scale, efficiently executed problem-solving behaviors.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Leigland |first=Sam |date=2011-10-01 |title=Beyond freedom and dignity at 40: Comments on behavioral science, the future, and chance (2007) |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392258 |journal=The Behavior Analyst |language=en |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=283–295 |doi=10.1007/BF03392258 |issn=2196-8918 |pmc=3211387 |pmid=22532749}}</ref>
Robila<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Robila |first1=Mihaela |last2=Robila |first2=Stefan A. |date=2020-10-01 |title=Applications of Artificial Intelligence Methodologies to Behavioral and Social Sciences |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01689-x |journal=Journal of Child and Family Studies |language=en |volume=29 |issue=10 |pages=2954–2966 |doi=10.1007/s10826-019-01689-x |issn=1573-2843}}</ref> explains how using modern technology to study and understand [[Behavioral pattern|behavioral patterns]] on a greater scale, such as [[artificial intelligence]], machine learning, and greater data has a future in brightening up behavioral science assistance/ research. Creating cutting-edge therapies and interventions with immersive technology like virtual reality/ [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] would also be beneficial to behavioral science future(s). These concepts are only a hint of the many paths behavioral science may take in the future.
==Applications==
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* E.D. Klemke, R. Hollinger & A.D. Kline, (eds.) (1980). ''Introductory Readings in the [[Philosophy of Science]]''. Prometheus Books, New York.
* [[Neil J. Smelser]] & [[Paul B. Baltes]], eds. (2001). ''[[International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences]]'', 26 v. Oxford: Elsevier. {{ISBN|978-0-08-043076-8}}
* Mills, J. A. (1998). ''Control a history of behavioral psychology''. New York University Press.
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