If you believe that human behavior is largely shaped and determined by the environment in which a person has grown up in and currently lives in and that we have little control over our own development, you would be holding the _____ side of this view of development.
A) top-down
B) continuity
C) mechanistic
D) psychoanalytic

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The mechanistic side of development implies that the environment plays a significant role in shaping human behavior, and that factors such as genetics or personality traits have little impact.

If You Believe That Human Behavior Is Largely Shaped and Determined