How does society affect human behavior?

A society is composed on people with beliefs and values that are sometimes shared and sometimes conflicting. Society shapes human behavior based on these beliefs and values through formal and informal structures that reward or punish certain actio... read more

Your culture, your"society" contains, encompasses, and defines your behavior. Try to imagine your behavior separate from your culture. You can only do that by imagining a different culture, rather than the absence of one. read more

Human behaviour affects society. The style of the society is a reflection of the humans who are part of it. It seems like society dictates human behaviour because well, when you were born you came to it and the other humans who came first explained you the rules they have created. read more

Society also exercises great influence over people through the media. In fact, the effects of television on the behaviors and beliefs of people are well documented. One striking example is visible in the work of anthropologist Anne Becker. read more