What psychological process makes a person who is treated badly respond and treat others accordingly although they don’t like they way they’re treated?

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What psychological process makes a person who is treated badly respond and treat others accordingly although they don’t like they way they’re treated?

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Learned behavior. Essentially, even if someone knows that a behavior is hurtful, they will still do it because they think that’s how it’s “supposed” to be. That’s why abusive people isolate their victims as much as possible, so they don’t learn that violence and control isn’t the only way to live.

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