Etiology of Belief-behavior Systems and Hierarchies.

Introduction: In order to understand the well documented patterns of mental health, human learning, human behavior, and the mechanics of hierarchies such as academic institutions, political systems, and business organizations, one must discover the rules and pathways that cause those patterns. My Belief-Behavior Systems archetype is the first of its kind to reconcile the theories and insights from social sciences, political science, psychiatry, and evolutionary biology into a unifying paradigm which explains how socialization and human interactions evolved into the patterns we recognized today. More importantly is that this new contribution to our understanding of human behavior within hierarchies provides the key insights to guide the restoration and repair of our dysfunctional hierarchies which, unfortunately, all too often oppress, manipulate and exploit our humanity.