abstract:Social conditioning refers to the sociological process of training individuals in a society to respond in a manner generally approved by the society in general and peer groups within society. The concept is stronger than that of socialization, which refers to the process of inheriting norms, customs and ideologies.
Bhagwati Prasad, the chief justice of Jharkhand state until retiring from the bench in 2011, said that judges, like anyone, are influenced by their socialconditioning.
Add to these internal mechanisms the shame and negative socialconditioning about weight and the deck is seriously stacked against people trying to control their intake of food.
Still, what if this ultimately leads to some weird socialconditioning where, even as the child gets older, he simply can't do his business without having expensive electronics right there in front of him -- a serious mental crutch.