Doing To Others What Has Been Done To You

[howag69]

Is there a condition where people do to others what has been done to them? e.g a boy who is violent to other people because his dad was violent to him? If so, what's the name of this condition?

Thanks

[Zacs-Master]

The name of this condition is, conditioning (or learnt [learned] behaviour). A complex subject worth googling.

[goodlife]

Though everyone is born with a capacity for love, when others unfairly seek their own advantage or when one’s own efforts to show love are misunderstood, a person may decide it is better just to look out for himself. Others, seeing that some who exploit their fellowman prosper materially, may think that this is the way to success. The result is that many people have a spirit of distrust and have few real friends, if any.This what accounts for this unhappy state of affairs.

[Baldric]

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080620010935AA5LooY

Everlasting lifes reply looks very familiar, is that you Goodlife?

[goodlife]

Yes, and you can see the result is that many people have a spirit of distrust and have few real friends,

[jim360]

You've cut and pasted from the same place twice!

[birdie1971]

↑ Clearly Goodlife doesn't even read his cut-n-paste answers before mindlessly posting them to AB. Truly pathetic.