Things that set the stage for the behavior, occurring in close proximity to the behavior such as the activity the individual is engaged in, the setting, the people they are around, or the actions of the people around them.

Antecedents

Explanation:

Antecedents come from the word ancestor which simply means that something or someone that precedes another. Like a father precedes or comes before a child. In a similar way, an antecedent is something that precedes another. Here, antecedent is considered a factor that leads to a behavior or sets the stage for a behavior to occur. Hence, this factor or action or element will be called an antecedent for that specific behavior. The antecedent is established by noticing and investigating the settings in which the behavior occurs and by looking at the changes that occurred immediately before the onset of the behavior.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.