The Influence Of Chain Behavior

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I chose this article because I thought that the article fit perfectly with shaping and chaining behaviors. Throughout the years, Millennials have shaped their behavior to a same partner. Most of the Millennial generation have the same goals and the same fears. These have followed them creating the chaining behavior. The book mentions that chain behavior is a sequence, a behavior that is constantly being perform affected by our environment. Millennials have linked different behaviors that have led them to create a chain, which most millennials have adapted. The chain starts from not leaving their parent’s house, to less responsibilities, to lack of dating and marriage, to becoming dependent to the virtual reality, and so on.

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