The psychology of Behavior

On why it is valuable to differentiate subjective and objective behavior to study all aspects of human expression and interaction

The topic today is the central part of psychology - 'behavior'. psychology is very comfortable with the talk of behavior. In fact psychology is often defined as the 'science of behavior'. The main calculate for this dependence on behavior is that in order for any branch of knowledge to be carefully scientific, we need 'proofs' and empirical or scientific evidence. The truth or reality is what you search for and inspecting this, behavior is the only 'observable' part of human activities so psychology, for a long time in order to be carefully a science, has avoided discussions of the mind and focused on behavior. The mind is rather unknown and undefined and psychologists have idea that it is safer to avoid the mind and focus only on behavior. However the significance of behavior was primarily highlighted by the behaviorists who recommend that psychology is nothing but the study of behavior.

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Behaviorism in psychology became very favorite in the early 20th century and according to the behaviorist, psychology is an objective branch of natural science with no role of the mind. according to Behaviorists, all theories should necessarily have observational correlated processes, which indicate that all processes will have to be observed and that there is no inequity between hidden and public observational processes which may be actions or feelings. This may sound a bit counterintuitive to all of us. We all reconsider psychology as the science of the mind rather than science of behavior However psychology has been largely influenced by behaviorism and precise scientific practices of observation, so the talk of mind has been avoided for a long time. It is only with Freud's determination of human sexuality, and more recently with studies of consciousness, that psychology became more open about matters of the mind.

The psychology of Behavior

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The study of behavior in psychology is thus intricately connected with the study of mind as well, as the behavior reflects anyone goes on in the mind and behavior is simply a manifestation of the mind. Let's say behavior can have an objective dimension of the personality and also a subjective dimension when connected with the mind as although our mental processes vary, our behaviors seem to have a obvious thorough 'core'. Thus one man may get angry in a single situation and another man may not get angry according to subjective differences, yet the behavior of an angry man will be rather objective and thorough as we all know that obvious expressions recount anger. Thus there is objectivity in behavior which is why psychologists have tried to hold on to behavior for so long. We cry when we are sad, laugh when we are happy and thus there are thorough behaviors or expressions of emotions which are universal across all humans and human societies. Yet the mind is complicated and peculiarly individualistic and in order to enumerate human behavior from a more exact individualistic viewpoint, we have to reconsider any other factors such as public influences, genetic variations, emotions, basic drives and urges, hormonal conditions, biological variations, personality and disorders.

Thus behavior can have two obvious dimensions -

1. Objective Behavior - The more normal behavior that can be universalized in the sense that obvious behaviors and expressions are objective and base across cultures and societies. So irrespective of our race or genes we all have base behavioral manifestations and we all come to be angry when things go wrong and feel happy when we win a game. We all cry or come to be distressed when we lose a loved one and express delight at something beautiful. There are obvious expressions that are universal and base and normal across all human societies.

2. Subjective Behavior - Subjective Behavior is exact individualistic behavior and varies from one man to another. This sort of behavior assuredly requires an understanding of the role of the 'mind'. The mind is complicated and largely exact and individualistic and no two minds are fully similar. Although our reactions and expressions to obvious events and situations can be generalized and universalized, our thoughts and feelings are always unique and cannot be generalized in any way.

Considering these two divisions in behavior, the early behaviorists were de facto studying the science of objective behavior rather than subjective behavior. The psychoanalysts and all non-behaviorists for that matter are involved about subjective behavior or how subjective thoughts and feelings are manifested in behavior. Whereas objective behavior can be studied without inspecting the mind and by only inspecting obvious established patterns of reactions and expressions, any determination of subjective behavior will have to delve deeper into the mind and the wider complexities of thoughts and feelings. So let's say objective behavior is the base or normal factor 'g' in all humans and the subjective behavior is the exact or individualistic factor 's' that makes every human being so unique. The 'g' is stable or a constant and found in all humans but the 's' varies and shapes individuality or uniqueness.

Of procedure it is foremost to ask why the 's' factor varies between individuals and why is it that our exact or personel natures that ultimately shape our thoughts and our behaviors are so unique. The reasons are many and one of this is our biological variations, and differences in the brain. We have distinct cognitive abilities our intelligence and memory vary widely so a man with very high intelligence will behave differently in a single situation when compared with a man having lower or average intelligence. Our subjective behavior is also guided or prompted by our past experiences and memory so if a man had unpleasant experiences while traveling, he or she may show less enthusiasm for voyage when compared with individuals who had good experiences. Similarly our studying and language abilities differ as also our genes and hormones so a man with overactive hormonal changes may show more hyper-reactive or high strung behavior than obvious others.

Our behavior is controlled by our brain and nervous theory so if there are variations with drugs, hormonal changes or obvious addictions there will be a lot of inequity in overt subjective behavior as well. An alcoholic or drug induced man will take longer time to process facts and this affects decision making and subsequent behavior. public influences can also work on subjective behavior as you might get influenced by newspaper or media stories or even public interactions that tend to shape behavior in a obvious way. For example, television programs and news stories as well as public interactions may make you feel overweight or underweight and decree your food habits or public and personal behavior. ultimately psychological disorders and illnesses and changes in the brain can work on behavior significantly and for example an autistic personel or a psychotic would behave fully differently in a situation when compared with a normal person.

The objective and subjective aspects of behavior are de facto understood when you collate your own behavior with your partner's behavior. Both of you love each other and have a base expression of love but according to your subjective differences there will be differences in how you realize your personal situation. ultimately each personel is socially, genetically, biologically, psychologically attuned to behave in a obvious way to a obvious situation, and genes vary and so do our public exposure and influences. On winning a lottery, you may feel very elated like everybody else but you decree not to show your happiness. Well, this is obviously subjective and here comes the trick in psychology that although we may feel the same, we simply choose to behave differently just as we may behave in a same way although we can feel differently. This will obviously open up new debates on whether thorough or normal behavior, the 'g' factor is truly objective. inspecting the fact that humans have to understand each other's feelings and study these straight through behavior, the basic base 'g' factor would be very valuable in decoding interpersonal behavior and this would be an valuable component in thriving communication and interaction across human societies. Thus in psychology it is valuable to understand objective behavior as it helps to enumerate and enumerate with others and without an basic base factor any human interaction is not possible. However it is also valuable to understand human subjective behavior as it highlights all those peculiarities of thoughts and feelings which make every human being distinct and unique, a fact that is again considerably foremost in human society. We cannot do much without something in base but will go nowhere if we have all in common.

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