The Influence of Psychology in Relation to the Environment

1. Charles Darwin’s theories and process of evolution have greatly influenced the modern day psychology, in the sense that, they provide the reasons to why people tend to live and behave in a certain type of way (N.W, 2002). These theories and evolutionary process have not only provided the reasons as to why human beings behave in a specific way, but they have also explained the way the environment affected the way people behave and also how they are related to other animals in the ecosystem. This paper is therefore going to discuss how the process of evolution have affected the 21^st century psychology.

There are three processes which are in the evolution and natural selection. The first process is the process of struggling between individuals. In this process, individuals tend to struggle for food or otherwise positions in order to get them (N.W, 2002). This is consequently because, there are very many people, and the positions or otherwise the food, is less. Thus for an individual to be able to survive, he or she needs to work very in order to make it. The second process is the process of grouping due to the same needs. People with the sae needs tend to come together, in order to work hand in hand, and thus being able to get whatever they want. The third process is the process of realizing what one wants and what he or she is supposed to work for. Judging from the three process, they significantly influence the 21^st century psychology, simply because, each and every process explains how human beings are and how they behave (Wolfgang, 1999). This therefore makes it easier for one to be able to understand the way the mind of a human being works, since people operate within the principles of the three process.

2. Darwin has influenced science and psychology, simply because, he conduct different researches which showed the relationship between human beings and animals. Through his research, he wrote that human beings and animals were the descendants of the same ancestors (Wolfgang, 1999). This therefore led to the scientific research which was conducted in the 1900s and 2000s, where it was evident that human beings and animals are indeed related, simply because they share a lot of hormones and genes. Moreover, through Darwin’s theories, scientists had to conduct researches on human behaviours and their way of learning, thus coming up with inferences of how the human mind functions (N.W, 2002).

In addition, scientists were only conducting researches based on the human behaviour, but due to Darwin’s theories, scientists started conducting researches based on individual differences. Much of the current psychology strongly depends on the biological basics which are found in Darwin’s theories (Wolfgang, 1999). This therefore shows how dedicated Darwin was, in making sure that he leaves traces whereby scientists can be able to pick up from and conduct researches. Darwin was curious, and he wanted to know what influences human beings to behave in certain ways. There were therefore no external influences, since Darwin was only dedicated, to come up with a reason as to why people tend to behave differently from each other, when they are actually the same. Furthermore, he loved and enjoyed conducting researches about human beings and their relationship to animals (N.W, 2002). This therefore made him to conduct numerous researches in order to come up with different theories.

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