An important determinant of our behaviour is the biological structures that we have inherited from our ancestors in the form of developed body and brain. The importance of such biological bases becomes obvious when we observe cases in which brain cells have been destroyed by any disease, use of drug or an accident. Such cases develop various kinds of physical and behavioural disabilities. Many children develop mental retardation and other abnormal symptoms due to transmission of a faulty gene from the parents.
As human beings, we not only share a biological system, but also certain cultural systems. These systems are quite varied across human populations. All of us negotiate our lives with the culture in which we are born and brought up. Culture provides us with different experiences and opportunities of learning by putting us in a variety of situations
or placing different demands on our lives. Such experiences, opportunities and demands also influence our behaviour considerably. These influences become more potent and visible as we move from infancy to later years of life. Thus, besides biological bases, there are cultural bases of behaviour also
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