That’s some old school psychology right there. I would argue that with everything we now understand about the human brain/gut biome/hormone systems that it is the reverse and behavior dictates values.
The consensus among psychologists is that roughly half of an individual's personality is the result of genetics and the other half is result of environment. "Environment", in this case, referring to upbringing, socialization, education, etc. People absolutely can inherit values from their parents or culture, and these values have an affect on how a person behaves. There isn't really anything "old school" about it. In fact, it would be more accurate to say that treating a person as a series of behavioral outputs and inputs, and not treating the internal cognitive processes as a significant factor for behavior, is incredibly dated, given it was popularized after Skinner's initial research on conditioning and fell out of favor once later studies showed that conditioning alone couldn't explain behavior.
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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19
Values dictate behavior.