Where do most behaviors come from?
Behaviors are something learned. A young child does not come into the world with behavior patterns. A child will observe and intuitively feel their world, then they will take their own interpretation of what they have seen and felt to create their own modified version of the behaviors observed. They simply see the important people in their world behaving certain ways and mimic them with their own modifications.Sometimes they will directly mimic the behaviors, these are easier to identify.
- The child does this without consciously knowing what they are doing or the effects of their behaviors.
- A child seldom really understands the definition of the words you use!
- If you don”t believe this ask them to define the words in question. (see if their definition matches the dictionary)
Some of this is commonly understood in the psychology field but not often used in “real life”.
The most important aspect that is missing in this is that:
- Children mimic, react to and interpret the feelings in their environment also.
Children FEEL Everything.