Nature Versus Nurture

Nature versus nurture remains one of the oldest philosophical debates within the field of psychology.  Nature refers directly to the genes and the hereditary factors that directly influence who we are, ranging from our individual physical appearance to our personality traits and characteristics.  What is interesting to note, is most branches of psychology tend to…

There has always been controversy, whether criminal behavior is tied with abnormalities in the brain and as we know diverse regions of the brain control human being actions, thoughts, emotions and senses. In fact it is through behavior how the brain begins to disentangle. There is many elements that can lead disruptive behavior in early…

Generally, we as individuals would define stress as the feeling that everything seems to have become too much all of a sudden. This is due to the fact that we all have a sense and question whether or not we can cope with the pressures placed upon us. Anything that poses a challenge or a…

9/11 will forever be scared in my memory as the most depressing, horrifying and traumatic day of my life, but not for the reasons you might assume. 9/11/2012 is the day I came home from school just like any other day, but on this day I see my father’s car is still in the garage,…

All human beings undergo different stages in their lives from the point where they are conceived, become infants then children, grow into their adolescence stage, become adults and even through their aging process. Development often encompasses the changes that the human beings undergo during their lives and often involve a change in their thinking capacity,…