Human behavior flows from three main sources

Nov 11, 2016 4:22 AM

Desire, Emotion and Knowledge

Found at https://rulesofknowledge.com/2016/10/18/human-behavior-flows-from/

I disagree. The science of behaviorism shows that human behavior is motivated by the access/escape of 3 things:

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Attention, tangibles/activities, and sensory

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I believe these could fall under knowledge/desire, but emotion doors play a pretty big part in decision making.

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Emotion is a behavior. Behaviors change as a result of their consequences.

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Yeah, but behaviorism also lends itself to the idea of a blank slate, and that has been shown to be generally incorrect.

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That's not true in the modern sense

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Any behavior with the capacity to be learned can be changed. We do not believe in a blank slate, just a capacity to learn

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Oh. I was unaware that the current ideology had changed :P

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That blank slate stuff hasn't been in place since the 70's

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Oh jeez how do I feel old I'm only 20

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