"as some would say, our free will is 'conditioned'"

(Fishbein 1990:30)

...However, it is also the case that that choice is often affected by a variety of factors, some internal, some external, that have a bearing on that choice.What is the lunch preference for a typical American teenager? Hamburgers and fries? What about the choice for, say, a Filipino child? Rice and fish? Cultural factors can play an important role in shaping our tastes and preferences for food, in the same way as they may play an important role in the choice to obey or disobey the law,...

-Juvenile Delinquency, D. J, Shoemaker