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1. What determines
how we behave?

2. Human beings are
complex organisms. We
have evolved from our
ancestors that were
hunter-gatherers and
that lived in caves into
societies that live in
cities, and have a very
highly evolved life.

3. The modern life we live
is highly influenced by
technology and much
different from that of
our ancestors. But much
of our behavior is
influenced by our
evolutionary makeup.

4. Besides, the societies
we form have evolved to
be more complex and
sophisticated. And this
impacted our behavior
individually and socially
as a whole.

5. People are
instinctive.Much of
what we do is influenced
by our instinct. We might
not understand why we
make the choices and
decisions we make but
we often do things
intuitively following our
instinct.

6. People are value-
driven. People have
interests and
preferences, likes and
dislikes, choices and
priorities. These form
their values. And these
values determine
peoples actions and
behavior.

7. People want to be in
control. We like it when
we have autonomy over
the things we do. We
like it when we have
agency and mastery
over things. This strong
wish drives our behavior.

8. Our actions and
behaviour derived from
these make us the
individuals we are and
define us as a person.