Its not just behavioral psychology. but personality, cognition etc that impact on our behavior, beliefs etc.
For instance, one of the most enduring and basic traits is called Extraversion (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraversion). This personality trait is across all cultures and has been linked to neurophysiological differences in processing stimuli etc (the wikipedia article gives a very brief summary). But how its expressed in terms of behavior can be quite different. For instance response to different forms of conditioning can be predicted on the basis of this personality factor, as can drug use, type of drugs used (extraverts tend to be more likely to use neurologically stiimulative drugs), activity choice and so on. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > If interesting means "will not question your ideas" then ya, you > probably will ;) > > Just for the record, I think we all get that humanity is indomptible > in its essence, yadayadayada. I disagree with Larry on quite a few > things but I think you were vastly oversimplifying what he is saying. > You can't dismiss behaviorism by waving free will around and that > whole "think the government is the solution to the problem" bit is > just tired. Not to mention irrelevant. Did he say anything about the > government? > > I don't think anyone's heart is bleeding for a guy who had his own > airplane and thought he was a victim. Did he soak up some of that > poison from the air around him these last few years though? Oh, I > think he did. > > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Ayn Rand has a lot to answer for. >> >> I have s few of her books but haven't read them yet. Sounds like you >> think I would find them interesting. >> >> -Cameron >> >> ... >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312454 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
