Alexander’s words set the scene for exploring more about the broad nature and attributes of information behavior. In previous
chapters we explored how Information behavior emerged in early humans as an evolved cognitive mechanism with instinctive and
environmental dimensions underpinned by a motivation to control motivation to control the environment. We now focus more closely
on the human cognitive and social level in
Fig. 2.2 that highlights Information behavior as a complex phenomenon with many broad attributes and dimensions that we are only just
beginning to understand.