Reflections On Bronfenbrenner’s “Toward An Experimental Ecology Of Human Development” In this article as I interpret it, Bronfenbrenner argues that science, at least the sciences that relate to human development in theory, method, and substance, are generally caught and placed in a box to verify stringent ideas of what science defines as evolving and developing as a human. When studies do not allow for variation… Read More
Reflections on Van Wormer and Besthorn’s Community and Community Development (Ch 6) “What does wellness, security, and happiness mean to you?” Thus, my first Community Psychology class ended with a question and an introduction to the first reading. My first reaction was, this is Abraham Maslow and his hierarchy of needs. On page 198 of the reading, Maslow’s third tier of needs is introduced as community and… Read More