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. Behavior is driven by genetic and environmental factors that affect an individual.

Simply put, human behavior refers to the array of every physical action and observable emotion associated with individuals. From conscious decisions like choosing what clothes to wear, to subconscious impulses like reaching for a snack when you’re bored – it’s all part of our complex behavioral patterns.

Personality embraces moods, attitudes, and opinions and is most clearly expressed in interactions with other people. It includes behavioral characteristics, both inherent and acquired, that distinguish one person from another and that can be observed in people’s relations to the environment and to the social group.

Although human behavior is generically defined as the capacity of mental, physical, emotional, and social activities, as an academic subject is has been considered mostly as a function of personality and temperament, individual attitudes and values, and usually by the disciplines of psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and anthropology.