Social Science

The entire area of psychology, as well as related strands of philosophy and neuroscience, is informed by and connected with the debate between nativism and empiricism, with constructivism thrown in for a good measure somewhere just off the middle ground….
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Jean Piaget’s work in understanding how the mind of children work, laid a foundation for cognitive thinking that applies to children of all ages.  While today he is less credited for much of the thoughts and teaching methods, had it…
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One of the problems about some television programs is that they have violent contents.  Even though violence has been part of the TV entertainment for decades, parents are still being careful selecting programs that are safe to watch.  Generally physical fights, weapons,…
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Dreaming of losing one’s teeth is extremely common.  It is a nightmare almost as ubiquitous as that of being nude in public, and it is accompanied by similar feelings of horror, fear, and panic.  Due to its prevalence across a…
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Laziness is far too often in the eye of the beholder. A person who has hyperactivebehavior would see a more relaxed person as lazy. A person who is elderly, but who spent a lifetime of constant and hard work might see…
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Jean Piaget (1896-1980) had a remarkable career that spanned 75 years; he worked up to the time of his death. Born in Switzerland in the French region to a father who was a professor of medieval studies and a mother…
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Sigmund Freud spent much of his life in developing a model that explains how the human psyche operates and how an individual’s personality is molded and shaped throughout his life. Freud likened an individual’s personality to an iceberg. The distinguished…
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What does dreaming lucidly mean?  What is the difference between the normal dreams that we have, compared to lucid dreaming? The main difference between the two, is that when we lucid dream, we are actually ‘aware’ that we are dreaming….
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Academy award-winner Russell Crowe starred as John Nash in Ron Howard’s film, “A Beautiful Mind.” The movie is an expos of the Nash’s life; chronicling his achievements as a mathematician and more importantly, the horrific and grueling journey he underwent…
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Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987) is the author the best known psychological theory of moral development. Kohlberg’s theory of moral development describes a three-level and six-stage framework for moral development, built upon and extending Piaget’s model of general cognitive development. Kohlberg’s model…
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