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the interdisciplinary study of behavior for the purpose of understanding persons as individual and social beings; it involves principally psychology, sociology, and anthropology, but also political science and other social sciences.Medical dictionary. 2011.
behavioral science — n. any of several studies, as sociology, psychology, anthropology, etc., that examine human activities in an attempt to discover recurrent patterns and to formulate rules about social behavior … English World dictionary
behavioral science — behavioral scientist. a science or branch of learning, as psychology or sociology, that derives its concepts from observation of the behavior of living organisms. [1955 60] * * * any of various disciplines dealing with the subject of human… … Universalium
Behavioral Science Consultation Team — The Department of Defense authorized Behavioral Science Consultation Teams to study the captives it holds in extrajudicial detention.cite news url=http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/WirePDF/issue48v8.pdf#4 title=Hard work of BSCT validated by… … Wikipedia
behavioral science — noun Date: 1951 a branch of science (as psychology, sociology, or anthropology) that deals primarily with human action and often seeks to generalize about human behavior in society • behavioral scientist noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
behavioral science — noun : a science (as psychology, sociology, or anthropology) dealing with human action and aiming at the establishment of generalizations of man s behavior in society compare social science … Useful english dictionary
behavioral science — behav′ioral sci′ence n. soc a science or branch of learning, as psychology or sociology, that derives its concepts from observation of the behavior of living organisms • Etymology: 1955–60 behav′ioral sci′entist, n … From formal English to slang
Systems Research and Behavioral Science — Infobox Journal discipline = Systems sciences editor = Michael C. Jackson publisher = New York [etc.] : Wiley country = Canada frequency = United States history = 1997 website = http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117946258/grouphome/home.h… … Wikipedia
behavioral scientist — noun : a specialist in behavioral science * * * behavioral scientist, a person who is trained or skilled in one or more of the behavioral sciences … Useful english dictionary
behavioral scientist — noun see behavioral science … New Collegiate Dictionary
Behavioral economics — and its related area of study, behavioral finance, use social, cognitive and emotional factors in understanding the economic decisions of individuals and institutions performing economic functions, including consumers, borrowers and investors,… … Wikipedia
