KQ1 We will always learn more about human life and

human personality from the Arts than from social

sciences.

KQ2 To what extent are Arts more useful

than Economics when studying human
behaviour?
Human behaviour is a factor which people were always
interested to investigate. Individuals have always been trying to
discover, predict and explain human behaviour. Therefore, they
apply knowledge from different areas in order to fully explore and
handle questions such as: What do people think about
something?, How will people react to this?, Why did someone act
in that way?. This many times happens because people are
extremely curious, as well as they are interested to derive benefit
and made their best decisions. These two reasons combined
explain the apparition of many study areas, such as social sciences,
humanities and arts. I will use the examples of Arts and Social
sciences, in particular Economics, to discuss the statement We
will always learn more about human life and human personality from
the Arts than from social sciences..
Even though it might appear that there are some overlaps
arising from the study of human behaviour in these two fields, I will
try to prove that there are considerable factors that show that Arts
are not necessarily more useful than Economics when studying
human behaviour. Art is extremely valuable because it comprises
such a great variety of works - novels, music, paintings. But in
practice it might be less useful than social sciences because it
leaves a big gap for interpretation. Nevertheless, social sciences,
Economics, are very useful because they represent a set of tools
which can be directly applied to many various life situations. Their
drawback is that they require humans to thoroughly connect the
theory with reality, therefore they are subject to an inappropriate
use.

As mentioned above, Arts define a very broad area. This is

one of the main reasons which makes it so useful for the study of
human behaviour. A work of art usually contains a theme and a
message. Sometimes it might seem hard to see what the author
wanted to say, but even though the majority of art pieces have
something to communicate to us, at least the authors view.
As an example, we can take the Francisco Goyas painting The
Third of May 1808. The painting reveals the fear and suffering of
the Spanish people, who are being shot by Napoleons army after
they have taken the Spanish city Medina del Rio Seco. It is a unique
work of art, as it has no distinct precedent. It is special because it
shows such a cruel massacre and gives the reader an insight about
the historic impact of Napoleon's occupation of Spain, which is
always being associated with a triumph, indeed there were
thousands of men killed. We can derive different ideas from this
painting, some of which might help us to answer questions
regarding of what actually has happened. But the main point is that,
on this example, we can learn about the peoples culture, position in
the society, actions and thinking, or simply their lives. This gives us
enough information to make a conclusion on
But it bad because of different understanding it is less about
human behaviour, than it is about human life and human personality

Economics, on the other hand, is a less broad subject. But due

to its theory that can be applied to almost everything in the world, it
becomes very useful when it comes to analyzing the behaviour of
the society as a whole, or even the behaviour of individuals.
Furthermore, economics is a subject in which we study that for any
possible outcome, there is a determinant, or a cause, which is a
very important concept in real life. So, this area of knowledge is
useful for studying human behaviour due to its large application and
flexible theory.

One of the main concepts in economics is the idea of

incentives, which comes from the above mentioned cause-effect
relationship. A good understanding of how incentives and the
rationing system work, means a good understanding of Why
individuals act in this/that way?. This is one of the questions
derived from the main KQ, and explains how Economics is
connected with the study human behaviour.
Another example is the combination of the demand & supply
laws. Many people believe that these 2 concepts are extraordinary
useful for the society and can be applied to any real-life situation.
The law of demand states that:The higher the price, the lower the
quantity demanded. If we change this law but keep the same
concept, we could say that the harder it is to get something, less
people will be achieving it. This is a perfect example of an economic
idea that can be in real life, even though it might seem a too simple
concept, if we increase the number of the variables and the factors
affecting the decision-making progress, we would still be able to
predict and explain human behaviour.
But its main drawback, if we dont have enough data we dont get
right result. Relates to human behaviour, but not human personality
and human life at all

Conclusion, economist do make forecasts and this is predicting.

Economics is a science which studies human behaviour as a relationship
between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.