Human Behavior

A Human Behavior is a behavior that is typical to humans.

• Context:
  • It can range from being a Human Social Behavior to being a Human Solo Behavior.
  • It can typically organize into Human Behavior Patterns through repetition sequences and environmental triggers.
  • It can typically be influenced by cultural norms, social expectations, and individual dispositions.
  • It can typically serve adaptive functions for survival, reproduction, and social integration.
  • It can typically change across developmental stages, from infancy through adulthood to elderly periods.
  • It can typically be regulated through cognitive processes and emotional responses.
  • It can typically reflect human intentions, human desires, and human goals.
  • It can typically adapt to environmental changes through behavioral flexibility and learning capacity.
  • It can typically involve symbolic thinking through language use and abstract reasoning.
  • It can typically be transmitted through cultural mechanisms and social learning processes.
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  • It can often be shaped by conscious decision-making as well as unconscious processes.
  • It can often be regulated through social control mechanisms and normative pressures.
  • It can often be modified through learning experiences and behavioral interventions.
  • It can often be influenced by technological environments and digital contexts.
  • It can often vary based on gender expectations and sex-linked predispositions.
  • It can often be affected by economic incentives and resource availability.
  • It can often be constrained by physical limitations and biological capacity.
  • It can often reflect moral values and ethical principles.
  • It can often be explained through multiple theoretical frameworks and disciplinary perspectives.
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  • It can range from being a Simple Human Behavior to being a Complex Human Behavior, depending on its human behavior complexity.
  • It can range from being a Universal Human Behavior to being a Culturally Specific Human Behavior, depending on its human behavior cultural distribution.
  • It can range from being an Innate Human Behavior to being a Learned Human Behavior, depending on its human behavior acquisition mechanism.
  • It can range from being a Conscious Human Behavior to being an Unconscious Human Behavior, depending on its human behavior awareness level.
  • It can range from being a Deliberate Human Behavior to being an Automatic Human Behavior, depending on its human behavior intentionality.
  • It can range from being a Routine Human Behavior to being a Novel Human Behavior, depending on its human behavior familiarity.
  • It can range from being a Productive Human Behavior to being a Destructive Human Behavior, depending on its human behavior outcome.
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• Example(s):
  • Human Social Behavior Types (to engage in human social contexts), such as:
    • Human Communication Behaviors (to exchange information and meaning), such as:
      • Human Verbal Communication like engaging in conversations and delivering formal presentations.
      • Human Nonverbal Communication like displaying facial expressions and using body language.
      • Human Digital Communication like composing text messages and participating in video conferences.
    • Human Cooperation Behaviors (to achieve shared goals), such as:
      • Human Collaborative Work like contributing to team projects and participating in community efforts.
      • Human Resource Sharing like providing assistance and distributing communal goods.
      • Human Mutual Protection like forming alliances and creating safety networks.
  • Human Solo Behavior Types (to function individually), such as:
    • Human Self-Maintenance Behaviors (to sustain physical well-being), such as:
      • Human Eating Behavior like consuming nutritional resources and following dietary patterns.
      • Human Sleep Behavior like establishing rest cycles and maintaining circadian rhythms.
      • Human Hygiene Behavior like performing cleansing rituals and practicing health maintenance.
    • Human Cognitive Behaviors (to process information), such as:
      • Human Problem Solving like analyzing challenging situations and developing effective solutions.
      • Human Creative Thinking like generating novel ideas and producing artistic expressions.
      • Human Decision Making like evaluating options and selecting optimal choices.
  • Human Emotional Behavior Types (to experience and express feeling states), such as:
    • Human Positive Emotion Behaviors (to engage with rewarding experiences), such as:
      • Human Joy Expression like celebrating achievements and sharing pleasant experiences.
      • Human Affection Display like demonstrating care and expressing attachment.
      • Human Gratitude Behavior like acknowledging received benefits and showing appreciation.
    • Human Negative Emotion Behaviors (to respond to threatening situations), such as:
      • Human Fear Response like avoiding dangers and displaying protective reactions.
      • Human Anger Expression like confronting obstacles and asserting boundary protection.
      • Human Grief Behavior like mourning losses and seeking emotional support.
  • Human Developmental Behavior Types (to navigate life stages), such as:
    • Human Childhood Behaviors (to mature during early development), such as:
      • Human Play Behavior like engaging in imaginative scenarios and practicing social skills.
      • Human Exploration Behavior like investigating environments and experimenting with objects.
      • Human Attachment Behavior like seeking caregiver proximity and displaying separation anxiety.
    • Human Adolescent Behaviors (to transition to adulthood), such as:
      • Human Identity Formation like exploring personal values and defining self-concept.
      • Human Peer Orientation like prioritizing friend relationships and seeking group acceptance.
      • Human Risk Taking like testing behavioral limits and challenging authority structures.
    • Human Adult Behaviors (to fulfill life roles), such as:
      • Human Occupational Behavior like performing work functions and pursuing career advancement.
      • Human Parenting Behavior like providing child care and establishing family dynamics.
      • Human Civic Engagement like participating in community governance and contributing to societal improvement.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Chimpanzee Behavior, which reflects non-human primate behavioral patterns rather than human behavioral patterns.
  • Elephant Behavior, which demonstrates non-human mammal social structures and cognitive processes.
  • Ant Behavior, which operates through collective intelligence rather than individual agency.
  • Artificial Agent Behavior, which lacks biological basis and evolutionary history while simulating human-like responses.
  • Purely Reactive System Responses, which lack intention and self-awareness while executing programmed sequences.
  • Instinctual Animal Response, which relies primarily on genetic programming rather than cultural learning.
  • Plant Tropism, which involves growth responses to environmental stimuli without conscious processing.
  • Mechanical System Operation, which follows design specifications without adaptive capability.
• See: Human Behavior Pattern, Human Emotion, Humanistic Discipline, Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Behavioral Economics, Evolutionary Psychology, Social Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Neuroscience, Behavioral Genetics, Human Ethology, Human Ecology, Human Development, Human Cognition, Human Motivation, Human Personality, Human Social Behavior, Human Solo Behavior.

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References

2020

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_behavior Retrieved:2020-9-10.
  • Human behavior is the potential and expressed capacity (mentally, physically, and socially) of human individuals or groups to respond to internal and external stimuli throughout their life. Kagan, Jerome, Marc H. Bornstein, and Richard M. Lerner. “Human Behaviour." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020. </ref> While specific traits of one's personality, temperament, and genetics may be more consistent, other behaviors will change as one moves along different stages of their life, i.e. from birth through adolescence, adulthood, and, for example, parenthood and retirement. Behavior is also driven, in part, by thoughts and feelings, which provide insight into individual psyche, revealing such things as attitudes and values. Human behavior is shaped by psychological traits, as personality types vary from person to person, producing different actions and behavior. Extraverted people, for instance, are more likely than introverted people to participate in social activities like parties.

    The behavior of humans (just as of other organisms) falls upon a spectrum, whereby some behaviors are common while others unusual, and some are acceptable while others beyond acceptable limits. The acceptability of behavior depends heavily upon social norms and is regulated by various means of social control, partly due to the inherently conformist nature of human society in general. Thus, social norms also condition behavior, whereby humans are pressured into following certain rules and displaying certain behaviors that are deemed acceptable or unacceptable depending on the given society or culture.

    Human behavior is studied by the social sciences, which include psychology, sociology, economics, and anthropology. In sociology, behavior may broadly refer to all basic human actions, including those which possess no meaning; actions directed at no person. Behavior in this general sense should not be mistaken with social behavior. Social behavior, a subset of human behavior that accounts for actions directed at others, is concerned with the considerable influence of social interaction and culture, as well as ethics, social environment, authority, persuasion, and coercion.

2009

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_behavior
  • … The behavior of people is studied by the academic disciplines of psychology, social work, sociology, economics, and anthropology.

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