Behavior

Social Influences on Behavior

The specific social setting in which an individual finds themselves can have profound effects on their behavior, and might even lead to behavioral changes that warrant therapeutic interventions, in some cases. At the same time, many of the changes in behavior that occur as a result of change sin social setting are entirely normal and even desirous based on certain social mores and customs. The following paragraphs present two different general scenarios in which social setting can have an impact on behavior, demonstrating the degree of extremity that social setting has on behavioral processes and choices in normal scenarios and when it comes to certain abnormal problems. Relevant research is cited in support of the descriptions and explanations of the phenomena identified.

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One very common, very normal, and most of the time very subtle behavioral change that occurs as a result of changes...
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