Everything a Person Does is Influenced By Society

-------Further Defintions-------To do means to perform an action willingly.Society is a group of people, of varying size and structure.Action is the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.Influence means to have the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.Interaction means reciprocal action or influence.Evolution is a gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form.Everything that we as people do; either as a group or as an individual, those actions are determined or influenced by interactions with others. A strong side argument is that we have a whole branch of academia towards learning about how society influences people — Sociology. The groups from which these interactions come from can be as small as a family or as large as American society or larger. Some of these actions are caused by the direct interactions, or by the influence of past interactions.People are influenced by society if they interact with society on a daily basis, or if they are loners who live in an isolated wilderness. Either way, society influences what we do in some degree, may that influence be either conscious or unconsciously known to us.----------Arguments------------C1: Thinking/ ThoughtsSocieties impact and influence our thinking, even to the slightest sliver of a degree they do. Humans are social creatures, as we live and interact with other people. People, in the form of society, will have an impact and influence on our behaviors. Empirical evidence from the Asch Conformity Experiments support the resolution. [1]The Asch experiments, in which there was one real participant who didn't know the intentions of the experiment, and all the others were aware of the intention of the experiment. A small society, which can be as small as two individuals in this scenario, had a slight influence on the "real" participants behavior. The more confederates (the people aware of the intentions of the experiment) their influence over the participant grew. The consensus here is that there is empirical proof that society, even in small amounts, influences and/or effects the decisions and therefore the actions of the individual. This proves my position, that a society, even a very small one, influences a person's behavior and actions. In psychology, it has been concluded with various studies [2] that people have two psychological needs that makes people conform to the expectations of others. We are even if we don't think so influenced by society to a degree, since we have a psychological need to conform to others.. The reasons we conform to the expectations of others is for our need to be liked or to be right. So, even unconsciously, society is influencing us to conform to others, which influences our actions. We need to conform to others, and with this need, our actions passively are trying to achieve this need. Thus, we are influenced by society in our actions to meet these psychological needs to be liked or to be right. C2: LearningWe learn from society to a large degree. Even in the most indirect ways, society influences our learning. We start life with a nonexistent vocabulary. A society, various in its size, influences us and we learn a vast majority from society, or at least are impacted by society on how we learn. From the example I said (vocabulary), we learn from society from hearing it as soon as we are born. Without these experiences, we wouldn't be able to talk. This is true as well. However, a society can be very small, for example, a community. However, we learn from society. For example, language. We learn vocabulary from hearing it from others as soon as we are born. [3] Without these experiences, we shouldn't be able to talk. Since we learned to do things from society, be it America or a family, society has influenced our actions, at least passively.Studies have proven [3] that a few months can make big differences in learning. One study by the University of Washington had babies of two groups growing up near two languages (English and Chinese) sit and play by a speaker. The speaker generated sounds that occasionally had Mandarin phonemes. Babies growing up with the Mandarin speaking aregivers looked towards the speaker when they heard those familiar sounds, indicating they retained what they had heard. The babies with English speaking caregivers heard nothing meaningful. [3] Thus, we can conclude that learning is influenced by society, as we retain more from our earliest memories (learning) and thus our actions are to a degree influenced by our earliest memories.So, we learn based on our early memories and learned behaviors which were influenced by society when we were very young, and taken in by our mirror neurons so we could learn how to do an action by repeating it. [3]To put it more simple:Earliest Memories --> Earliest Learning Actions based on Memories (Ex: Babies learn in Chinese based on their early memories of hearing it around them) --> Learning is influenced by society.C3: It Goes Both WaysSociety influnces our actions. Through our actions, we also influence society to a degree, depending on the size of society and our actions. C4: ActionsI proved earlier that from our earliest social experiences society influences our learning from early on. So, the actions we learn are derived from our earlier skills, which were if derived far enough from our source of learning (early childhood) itself influenced almost directly from society. Example: AlgebraEarly memories = Adding --> Subtraction --> Complex addition and Complex Subtraction --> Multiplication --> Division --> Algebra (based on early math formulas that we learned which were influenced by society). Other processes that we learn from learning are influenced by society through various measures. For example, using an axe to cut up a log. Learning to use the axe was influenced by society on how to construct the axe, or swing it. Or the genes that were expressed that allowed us to learn how to use a tool were influenced by society, as the environment heavily affects gene expression. Importantly, many researchers believe mirror neurons are key to how we learn, [3] be repeating and seeign behavior to learn it ourselves. They are also key to empathy. Through empathy, we can understand each other, and other connections with actions and society. Neuroscientist Christian Keysers said: "When you watch a movie, you don't think to yourself, now the hero is smiling, so he must be happy. Through the mirror [neuron] system, you just know it." [3] Thus, we understand others through empathy. We learn from our neurons taking and retaining information.Conclusions:[1] There is empirical proof that society, even in small amounts, influences and/or effects the decisions and therefore the actions of the individual. [2] We need to conform to others, and with this need, our actions passively are trying to achieve this need. Thus, we are influenced by society in our actions to meet these psychological needs to be liked or to be right.[3] We learn based on our early memories and learned behaviors which were influenced by society when we were very young, and taken in by our mirror neurons so we could learn how to do an action by repeating it. Experience from this helped us learn more. Empathy and other neurological systems help us learn. [4] We influence society, and it influences us.[5] We learn actions based on earlier derived skills.I've met my BoP.Con: Prove an willing action not = to resolution.Sources:[1] http://en.wikipedia.org... [2] Deutsch, M. & Gerard, H. B. (1955). A study of normative and informational social influences upon individual judgment.Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology,51, 629-636.[3] Time: Your Brain. Magazine, January 2012. "The Gift of Mimicry," by J. Madelelne Nash.