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the wrinkles in your brain that develope over time, mostly at a young age.

Maybe emotions are made of what you expereince through your life until you think about it then its stuck as yoiur emotion but that could only be one part the many opions in life about what people think do or act...? maybe even the genetics and the way you feel about yours looks and apearance and you socail status in life...but...who really knows? smile

I'd also say that it is the experiences had that shape the way a particular person acts, as well as the way that they perceive things when viewing other people's situations and reviewing others experiences.

Beyond that, I'd say it falls into the realm of Social Psychology. Attitude justifies behavior. If someone is forced into acting a certain way, and is slowly brought around into agreeing with it, then their attitude was reformed to justify the new behavioral patterns that they are now exhibiting. This is the same way the "brain-washing" works, by the way. wink

Doesn't social status, friends, and family count as life experiences?
But I get what you're saying.
I definately think it all has to do with experience, science has nothing do with it at all.

what i mean is like at that moment who your friends are i do different things depending on who i'm with or what i'm doing

I'm a wee bit of a cynic, so I tend to think that a persons overall personality and thinking methods are shaped by their experiences. I myself have watch my parents fight since I was little more than 8 years old, so I grew up to be independant, so I don't really like working in groups. It's really hard for me to trust people because I've been backstabbed and made fun of so many times, but I've always tried to lighten tense by goofing around a bit. What can I say, growing up not being able to trust people is kinda hard.
Also, a belief of mine is that noone can understand 100% how you are feeling. They can sympathize and comfort you, and give you advice, but you have the final verdict. They won't understand because it is just about impossible to find someone who's been through the exact situation, and even if they do, their though processes and emotion control would be different. To me though, the empathy and sympathy is heartwarming enough to give me the strength to truck through the hard times to be able to re-enter the happy ones.To quote a song lyric (language warning) "If your going through h3ll, keep on going. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there"
Cheesy as it is, irony has it out for me in songs. I've heard so many song that have said exactly what I've been thinking about. Fun.

The enviroment, is a big factor in the development. But there are some factors where that one person CHOOSES a different path and does not follow those in they're enviroment. Like for example if you lived in a poor place, and were greatful about it, because you must survive in a challenging way, and you would like to challenge yourself to work your way up. Or you hate it and can grow up to be a criminal etc.