Human behavior is a mystery even for the most experienced psychologists.None of them can not predict it accurately: a reaction in a given situation will determine many factors.We can be sure of only one thing - human behavior is very complex, that is structurally difficult, and it is due to many factors.To understand it even after already happened, psychologists use the term "determinant".This means - the determining factors.
Fathers and Sons
most fierce western debate over human behavior briefly called the "nature versus nurture".Proponents of the theory of natural believe that all aspects of the problem or achievements recorded in the DNA.
Supporters educational approach is seen repeatable environment from generation to generation - and thus repeatable behavior among relatives.Fully right or wrong is neither one of these approaches.
Brain chemistry
In modern psychology, there are three types of factors: hereditary, cultural and social.Hereditary factors associated with the peculiarities of the brain, yet are called "physiological determinants."This unique features for each individual person that determine how big the threshold of anxiety as people focused and conservative, or, on the contrary, distracted and impulsive.
Who lead ....
cultural determinants of behavior - it is factors such as rituals, traditions and norms.The French feminist and a woman, brought up by the canons of Islamic morality, a different way to behave in the same situation (for example - a betrayal of her husband).
psychological determinants, classified as cultural, may change under the influence of the changing situation, for example, when changing residence traditional peoples are beginning to imitate the Western way of life.
soft power
Social determinants - is the impact on human microenvironment.They differ from culture - to a greater immediacy and impact everyday life.Academician Pavlov called the result of such influences conditioned reflexes.These are determinants of behavior easier to change.However, even social adaptations are sometimes difficult.The more complex the mind of a person, the harder it is to change it or its determinants.It is an axiom of the theory of systems.
So what is more important - nature or the environment?Even the use of the method of separated twins studies is not always possible to shed light on this problem, as examples of such families, fortunately, a little bit.It must be remembered that human behavior can not be completely reduced to three types of determinants.
It is much more difficult due to the fact that is flexible and changeable.It can not be predicted by the model "given" - "result", at least - complex shapes, such as training, love, religious practices."Given" is constantly changing: the person receives new information from the memory or "floats" above the forgotten information.But what will come to mind to one or another person - can not be predicted.Therefore, it is difficult to deal with the forecast in bihevioristike.
