People's behavior is largely determined by forces not of their own making.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
Modern psychologists claim that a child inherits its character from the parents, but whether a certain character feature will be relieved depends on the future child's environment. Sometimes surrounding forces the "bad" genes to be expressed. Although external forces greatly influence our behavior, we should take the full responsibility for our actions.
From our early childhood we learn and evaluate which of our actions are acceptable by surrounding society and which should we avoid. Social norms, however, are completely different in different cultures. Behavior of a person visiting China, ...
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