Nature vs Nurture

The concept of nature versus nature is a common idea argued in psychology when determining the influences of an individuals life choices including behaviours and interests. Nature focuses on the biological aspects; they are the inherited genetics and traits received from parents or ancestors. Nurture consists of all the influences on an individual since their […]

Socialization: Influences of Social Behaviour

Social behaviour is the interaction between individuals that respond to stimuli within the same community. There are internal external stimuli that people could be responsive to, and peer relationships as well as social media are both highly influential to socialization and social behaviour. During the observative part of conducted social research, the data collected showed […]

Socializing Without Phones or Social Media

Having social media on phones, an easily accessible tool in today’s world, makes it a lot easier to communicate and talk to people. However, with how affixed teens are with their phones, communication in person becomes very different when their devices are taken away. Due to the reason that communication through their phones is increasing, […]

The Phone Experiment

The Stanford marshmallow experiment is a well known psychological test performed on children in the 1960’s and 1970’s that studied delayed gratification. This test was then related to the relative IQ and intelligence of the children experimented on. The test has children seated in front of a marshmallow and the conductor of the experiment would […]

Cultural Anthropology: Culture and Identity

A culture consists of all aspects within a society that form our identities and give us a role within that community like arts and rituals. This blog will specifically focus on how technologies, specifically cell phones, have been mixed into this culture for high school students. Since cultures continuously adapt to various changes, the advancements […]

Linguistic Anthropology

Linguistic anthropology is the study of human languages and how language affects and expresses culture. Historically, linguistic anthropologists compared the structure of different languages to determine the relationships between them. Hundreds of dialects were discovered to share the common structure, and the grammatical structure of phrases became a common way of judging an individuals speech […]