Social Science

Readjusting Attitudes: Havighurst’s Activity Theory If you were told of a remarkable theory proposing that older people who stay active tend to achieve greater satisfaction, besides living longer lives, it would be a good guess that you would agree, except about the…
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While many in the world crave the latest that the technology world has to offer, there is still a tremendous fascination with history and the unknown. While museums house wonderful displays of things long since departed from the Earth, they…
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All over the world, increased connection by Internet and modern transport has connected people from vastly different traditions to share cultural values.  In the “New Age”, peoples world-wide have been both honored and exploited, often by westerners, for the value…
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The problems with regard to the UK prison-system are far-reaching. There has not been any formalized, structural improvement in the system for the last twenty years. When improvements have been made they have lacked vision. The civil service remains highly inflexible…
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Peat cutters, cutting peat in Lindow Moss, a peat bog near Manchester Airport, Cheshire, England, in summer 1984 had a huge surprise when they discovered a body. They immediately called the police, who originally thought that the body was a…
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Cesare Lombroso, the founder of Italian School of Positivist Criminology, was an Italian professor, physician, author, psychiatrist and criminologist. He became world-famous for his work in the field of characterology (relation between mental and physical characteristics).  Lombroso believed that crime…
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There are many colorful characters throughout history whose ideas and arguments have served as the building blocks for the field of psychology. Thanks to Aristotle and  Rene Descartes to John Locke and John Stuart Mill, and many in between, we…
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In 2011, news reports announced the fact that archaeologists had started digging at the location of the Convent of St Ursula in the centre of Florence, which was reported to be the final resting place of Lisa Gherardini. Art historians…
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People have been curious about the past since the earliest beginnings of time. They have found artifacts from previous generations, and unearthed monuments, and even cities built by people that left no known written history. Thousands of years ago, some…
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Sometime back, I came across a statement which goes like ” living a fantasy is better than living an act” What exactly does it mean!? I was bewildered for a moment thinking why are people so afraid of facing the…
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