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To What Extent is Human Behavior determined by society?

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To What Extent is Human Behavior determined by society? Human Behavior, or how humans act and behave in regards and relation to theirs surroundings, is determined mainly through two factors. These factors are natural and environmental. Natural determination is defined as the determination of human behavior through inherited characteristics and more specifically, genetics. On the other hand, environmental determination is the determination of human behavior through interaction with the environment and the surroundings e.g. through socialization. In a few cases, it is fair to argue that human behavior is determined entirely by nature. People suffering from Down's syndrome and other similar diseases have a better than 99.99% correlation between having the identified gene and having the disease. Because of the way in which the syndrome affects the behavior of those afflicted with it, it can be said that it does indeed have a knock-on effect on how they behave overall. This clearly...

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