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From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods)
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Subject: Re: Emotions and choice
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Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 15:59:12 EDT
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> A for
> instance:  what about someone who was brought up in a violent home who
> now reacts to marital disagreement through violence, as learned in
> childhood?  Does that person react through "choice"?  

  Actually, this is an excellent example. YES, they are reacting through
choice. Such a person has built up a set of beliefs about what kinds of
bahavior are appropriate, and is reacting in such a way that they can be
right about those beliefs. The way to "treat" someone like this is to make
them aware of the beliefs they have and to make them aware that they *can*
choose to react in different ways than they have in the past.

--Greg