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behavior or chemical reactions?

Submitted by hamsterjacky on Sun, 03/01/2009 - 7:18pm.

I remember when i took an introductory psychology course in high school, my teacher taught me that behavior was just a bunch of chemical reactions colliding. It seemed as if the brain was recognizing many strange chemical reactions occuring inside of my body, and it ordered its own chemical reactions to calm or eradicate the unknown reactions and regain homeostasis.

Can someone consider behavior a form of reaction to maintain homeostasis? I mean, for example, when we're sad, we cry and it is said that a good bout of tears can help you feel better. So is that what we have emotions for? to maintain our body's balance but in an external rather than internal move?

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