There are a lot of factors which influences behavior of a person such as;
• Heredity/ Biological Factors
These factors are explained by heredity, characteristics of a person acquired from birth transferred from generation to generation. It explains that certain emotional aggression, our intelligence, ability and potentials and our physical appearance are inherited.
The pre-arranged patterns as a result of the transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to offspring, includes the influences present in the reproductive cells.
This is the primary basis for the Theory of Atavism or Born Criminal by Cesare Lombroso.
• Environmental Factors
This refers to anything around a person that influences his actions
Here are some environmental factors:
1. The family background - this is one of the most basic factor to be considerd because inside the family where a person would start to learn .
2. Child trauma– has an influence in affecting the behavior of a person because when a child experience traumatic events it will affect the feeling of security of the child. And this traumatic events will be carved in the mind of the child that will lead to its development be blocked or slowed down.
3. Institutional Influence
Here such as peer groups, mass media, church, school and other institutions which can influence the behavior of a person. For example in such a peer groups they have certain norms which you have to follow if you wanted to be a part of the group .And as for the mass media it has a big influence because kids tends to replicate what they see in mass media as a norm they might take it as a norm because the media allows it to be broadcast.
4. Socio-cultural factors
Such as war and violence, group prejudice and discriminations will have an influence to the behavior of a person.
War and violence has a graet influence in behavior of a person in such a way that they would try to survive in times of war and self preservasion would influence their behavior in a way .