Behavioral+and+Social+Sciences

=Behavioral and Social Sciences=

The term //behavioral sciences// is often confused with the term //social sciences//. Though these two broad areas are interrelated and study systematic processes of behavior, they differ on their level of scientific analysis of various dimensions of behavior.

Behavioral sciences abstract empirical data to investigate the decision processes and communication strategies within and between organisms in a social system. This involves fields like [|psychology], [|social neuroscience] and [|cognitive science].

In contrast, [|social sciences] provide a perceptive framework to study the processes of a social system through impacts of social organisation on structural adjustment of the individual and of groups. They typically include fields like [|sociology], [|economics], [|history], [|public health], [|anthropology], [|demography] and [|political science].[|[1]]

Obviously, however, many subfields of these disciplines cross the boundaries of behavioral and social. For example, [|political psychology] and [|behavioral economics] use behavioral approaches, despite the predominant focus on systemic and institutional factors in the broader fields of political science and economics.