Are human cognitive and behavior activities determined?
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1. In your opinion are human cognitive and behavior activities determined?
Different theories deal with this issue differently. Some theories are deterministic while others are not. For example, behaviorism argues that the environment determines behavior activities, and basically ignores cognition. Biological theorists argue the exact opposite; mainly, that biology (e.g., genes, hormones, etc.) determines behavior. Cognitive theorists argue that thinking determines behavior, but are less deterministic because they also take into account emotions and behavior, but argue that as we think, so we are. Cognitive ...
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