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How Parents can help their Children Resist Gang Activities at School or in Their Neighborhoods

According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent, gangs are formed by a group of children, adolescents and young adults who share a common identity and are involved in wrongful or delinquent activities (AACAP, 2011). A gang can include people of all race, gender, culture and socioeconomic group. There is a number of reasons that influence both children and adolescents to join gangs, the first one is a sense of connection or in the search of their identity as individu

Resilience Factors and Prosocial Behavior

Resilience and prosocial behaviors are two major important aspects of a successful and healthy development of both children and adolescents. According to research, children who are both resilient and have prosocial behaviors are less likely to get in trouble with their parents, the laws when they become teenagers or adults and are more easily to cope with adversity or rejection (Springer, J. J., 1997). Resilience and Prosocial Behaviors: Resilience by definition is the abilit

Cognitive Development in Animals and Humans.

Animal learning theory is becoming more prominent every day and shapes the development of psychology. One of the reasons is simply because this learning theory is relevant to human learning and human memory. On the relevance of animal cognition process to humans’ cognitive development, an accurate model of animal intelligence would provide a tremendous spur to its study in humans', and armed with such knowledge it is likely that ‘considerable insights into the workings of the