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The subjective evaluation of the phenomenal environment which surrounds a human subject, revealing his or her consciousness of it and his or her intentionality towards the objects which constitute it is known as behavioural environment.Such a perception not only conditions attitudes towards everyday life but also underlies the active process of decision-making.Thus, environmental perception is both a phenomenal experience and a directive for action. Filtered information of this kind may be expressed either in the form of individualized ‘mental maps’ or as strategies for future activity. Image Source: i.vimeocdn.com ADVERTISEMENTS: The concept of behavioural environment was developed by the Gestalt School of Psychology, which holds that the objects which we view in the world have a different meaning when viewed as a whole rather than as individual parts; and the…

Traditions represent the Actual Identity of particular society, while getting rid of them is supposed to be a sign of modernity. Traditions, quite often, keep us United, but modernity, usually, takes us apart from each other.A tradition implies an established method or practice; belief or custom, passed on to us by our ancestors. Much of what we do today has its roots in the past. Usual rituals, like the practice of throwing rice over the shoulder and a bride kicking a container of rice before entering her new house after marriage, have their origin in our traditions and are, in no way related to any logic or religion.Modernism is in total contras with the ideas or methods of the traditional ones. Old, it is said, is gold and should be…