Submitted by pritpal1984 on November 30, 2007

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Behaviour Of People

Fundamental questions relating to the nature and behaviour of people used to be in the hands of the philosophers. However about 100 years ago, a more systematic and scientific approach to such issues was taken and in 1879 the first laboratory dedicated to experimental psychology was founded by Wilhelm Wundt and modern psychology was born. The scientific search to explain what factors contribute to human behaviours had begun, with some arguing that behaviour is the result of biological (genetic or hereditary) factors and others arguing that behaviour is the result of cultural, or environmental, influences (Zimbardo, 1992). Thus, the continuing nature\nurture debate. According to...

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