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Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  .This section is about causes of behavior.  ---  1/24/2006


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  (1) Causes: factors and variations, situation and you.  (2) Reasons: objective and subjective.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  (1) Effects of behavior on mind.  Behave well, feel well.  Behave poorly, feel poorly.  (2) Effects of mind on behavior.  Feel like shit, behave like shit.  Feel great, act great.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  (1) Personality.  (2) Attitude.  (3) Learning: found out vs. figured out.  Accepted vs. rejected.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  All behavior is a reaction to internal environment and external environment.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  Awareness of causes as well as pressures, forces and temptations.  How conscious or unconscious are you of internal and external forces on your behavior?  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  Behavior affects personality.  Personality affects behavior.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  Causers vs. controllers.  At any moment what is controlling your behavior, and how much?  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  Causes: factors and variations.  (1) Genetic.  (2) Environment.  (A) Natural.  (B) Social: economic, political.  (3) Manmade: science, technology, art, entertainment.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  Change and development in behavior.  (1) Evolution, stagnation, devolution.  Past, present, future.  (2) Speed, degree.  (3) Development of human behavior through history vs. development of behavior of an individual.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  Drives.  Emotions.  Cathartic mechanisms.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  How am I going to act if x starts or stops doing something, or is doing something or not, and why?  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  How other peoples behavior can affect your behavior.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  Mechanisms.  Effects: on self, on natural environment, and on others.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  Nature vs. nurture.  Biology, physical vs. psychological, historical.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  People do things because (1) They're good at it: naturally vs. developed talent.  (2) Interested in it.  Reasons they think they are.  Reasons they actually are.  (3) It is a problem for them that they need to solve.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  Reasons vs. causes.  Cause: the real reason.  Reason: why you think you did something.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  Someone told them, asked them, or threatened them to do it,.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  What is causing a specific person to act a specific way?  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, behavior, causes.  ---  Why do people do what they think is right?  Want to do it vs. told to do it by someone else.  ---  12/30/1992




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