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... HUMAN DEVELOPMENT : NATURE AND NURTURE Virtually helpless at birth , the human infant depends on others for care and nourishment as well as learning . Although Anna's short life makes these facts very clear , a century ago most people ...
... human behavior . One of the first was John B. Watson ( 1878-1958 ) , whose theory of behaviorism held that behavior pat- terns are not instinctive but learned . Thus , people the world over have the same claim to humanity ; humans ...
... human development . SIGMUND FREUD : THE ELEMENTS OF PERSONALITY Sigmund Freud ( 1856-1939 ) lived in Vienna at a time when most Europeans thought human behavior was biologically fixed . Trained as a physician , Freud grad- ually turned ...
Contents
THE SOCIOLOGICAL | 1 |
Whats in a Name? How Social Forces Affect Personal Choices | 4 |
A Social Snapshot of Our World | 6 |
Copyright | |
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