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Which environmental factors are primarily responsible for the change in human behavior?



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A.Jeff

A.Jeff

A.Jeff
A.Jeff

Answered Apr 25, 2018

Human behavioral genetics is a sub-field of the field of behavior genetics that reviews the part of genetic and environmental impacts on human conduct. Traditionally, human behavioral geneticists have considered the legacy of behavioral qualities.

The field was initially centered around testing whether genetic impacts were vital in human conduct . The field is interdisciplinary, and draws from genetics, brain science, and measurements. Most as of late, the field has moved into the territory of measurable genetics, with numerous behavioral geneticists likewise engaged with endeavors to distinguish the particular qualities associated with human conduct, and to see how the impacts related with these qualities changes crosswise over time, and in conjunction with the environment.

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John Smith

John Smith

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John Smith

Answered Sep 08, 2016

Behaviourism. this school of psychology is based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behaviour. from this premise, the behaviourists eventually come to see their mission as to relate observable behaviour to observable events in the environment.marking / feedback: (2.5/4)yes, behaviourism woudl be most likely to agree with this statement. however, you did not explain sufficiently why behaviourists would place such emphasis on environmental factors. behaviourists maintain that behaviour is governed primarily by the environment. watson argued that a person is made, not born, therefore lending credence to environment or experience (nurture) vs. genetic inheritance (nature) as the primary basis for the science of behaviour. this in turn evolved into an attempt to relate overt behaviours, or responses, to observable events in the environment, or stimuli.
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