THE DYNAMICS OF ACTIONS

 

For anything to operate, there needs to be a process. This process can consist of many different things but there are a few common denominators that will exist in all of them. This requirement covers all actions, and the only variance is the degree in which each occurs.

All behaviors are comprised of three other components which will always be present. First it is the event which spurs a thought, and this thought spurs a feeling which leads to our actions/behaviors, even personalities.

Let us take for example, as a child you were playing in your front yard when a big mean dog charged toward you. Once noticing the charging animal (which is the event), there quickly appeared a thought as to the intending of the dog, then based upon that thought, you experienced a feeling (often fear). Based upon that fear, you either took flight or was frozen in place which is the behavior. What takes place now is recorded by the mix-match negative which is the only cognitive part of the amygdala and at that point may now shape your behavior when you encounter a big dog and a personality of not liking big dogs’ period.

Let us take this example a little bit further and imagine that when that big dog was upon you, someone stepped in and saved you from that dog. From that point on you may look upon that person as a loyal protector for all things which could bring you harm and feel so much obligated to that person, you may now develop a strong belief or dependency upon that person. This now dependent personality lasts if you do not experience betrayal by the person or come to believe that this relationship may now be unhealthy.

This dynamic, leads me to surmise that when it comes to crime or aggressive actions, all are premeditated except for those few times when crimes are more spontaneous but even those crimes of opportunity will have a small degree of the three previously discussed.

 

I come by this conclusion after studying the body language, postures, eye movement and respirations of other people in many different circumstances. If close attention is paid, one will see the process playing out within the above-mentioned indicators before any action is performed. The staring at another is the beginning after an event has taken place and following closely behind is often a slight head tilt, shifting of postures, exploring avenues with the eyes and the speeding up of a person’s breathing.

Spontaneous actions do not undergo this entire process, it is an event (car running in the driveway with the doors unlocked), then think of how quickly you can jump in that car and get away because you are tired of walking, then the actual action of doing it.

This process plays out every time and whether it is successful on the first try or not, may be repeated provided the consequences of that actions did not cause the perpetrator of that action any major hurt, harm, or inconvenience.

After this point, we now consider whether we should attempt that action again but this time we process past events and try to incorporate ways to not get discovered as fast as we did the first time. The real proof is what is said by the perpetrator when caught or being held to account for their actions as to whether the remorse they display is truly genuine about their actions or simply the reaction to being caught?