The development of biology and social sciences is shuttering many concepts that seemed to be unshakable. Traditionally, the Western civilization has been relying on the dichotomous model of sex and assigned social roles depending on whether a person was male or female. Interestingly, as scientists have been learning more about...

Socialization is incredibly important to society, and as a result, it is very important to schools and educational institutions. It is, in short, the process of preparing young people with the skills, customs, and practices that they need to know in order to fit in with the members of their...

Human development is an extremely complicated process. It involves numerous systems and components. It is affected by a variety of internal and external factors. Uri Bronfenbrenner's theory explains how human development occurs. The key premise of Bronfenbrenner's theory is that "to understand human development, one must consider the entire ecological...

The debate regarding the origins of one’s psychological qualities and character traits started as early as 19th century. In his article, McLeod (2017) explains that back in the 19th century, Francis Galton approached this issue, stating that better breeding could lead to increased intellectual capacity. As early as 1883 he...

Nature vs nurture-these are not new terms, especially regarding their influence on human development. Child development has also been subject to debate with various myths and misunderstandings, such that children from rich families automatically have a better and happier life than those from poor families. Let us ask ourselves, are...