Social class is something that I only grew to become aware of as I grew up, as my parents never really discussed it with me openly. Now that I am older, I know that my family is largely middle, if not upper middle class; my parents are both professionals, one...

Looking at society from a psychological perspective can provide tremendous insight into our place in the world. Certainly, I knew coming into this course that culture has an effect on society. Beliefs, traditions and even certain types of food all represented my understanding of how society functioned; however, through the...

In social sciences, several classifications of analytical levels are accepted: micro-level, meso-level, and macro-level. On the micro-level, social scientists focus on individuals and their small groups (e.g. families); on the meso-level, which is also known as the middle-range level, social scientists focus on communities, organizations, and states; and on the...

In order to understand Albert Bandura’s social learning theory, it may be best to recognize why he developed it in the first place. Bandura (1971) felt that neither theories of psychodynamics nor behaviorism could explain how behavior or learning took place. He argued that both lacked the empirical evidence to...

We have no control over where we are born or what society we are raised in. We have no control over who our parents are or what socioeconomic status they occupy while bringing us up. From the time we take our first breath to the time we become an independent...