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Behavior based on acceptance on faith is considered as a result of a special conditioning, and is assumed to be mediated through a special center. Behavior based on rational critical analysis is mediated through a different center. The previously developed theory of two mutually exclusive behaviors is applied to the situation. Making simple assumptions about the development of the two centers with age, it is shown how equations can be derived which describe the percentage of individuals exhibiting one type of behavior or another as a function of time and of different biosociological parameters.
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Rashevsky, N. 1950.Mathematical Biology of Social Behavior. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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Reashevsky, N. Outline of a mathematical biosociology of beliefs and prejudices. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 13, 61–68 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478345
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478345