Psychologists have studied human behavior and development for hundreds of years, John B. Watson, considered the father of behavioral psychology, began his studies in 1900 and Psychologists to this day have continued his work. In this research paper I will write about how the environment shapes the kind of people we will become. How growing up without a parent affects your studies or how exposure to different events in your life shapes the person you will become. For better or worse, all events that happen in one's life have some sort of psychological effect; in this article we will explore all these possibilities. Take for example the Boston bombing, in which two young men planted bombs at the end of the Boston Marathon and detonated them as the athletes were finishing. According to an article written in Psychology Today by Dr. Dale Archer, he talks about the suspects who were both seen as losers and didn't fit in with their own communities and went on to say, "They want to be noticed, validated, and find a place in the world that will accept them ”. Unfortunately Tamerlan and Dzhokar (terrorist suspects) felt accepted within a terrorist group. Tamerlan and Dzhokar are also excellent examples of how incorrect socialization and parenting could have a negative effect on the development of your child experience the effects of social class in the school context (Miller, Kohn and Schooler 1986). According to Kohn and Schooler, social position influences family processes through the effect of parents' working conditions. mother A has achieved a higher level of education than mother B, mother A has a well-paid job and can afford to live in a better neighborhood... middle of paper.. ....t and be physically those young people who grew up in areas with poor recreational facilities were then active. All in all, the environment you grow up in has an effect on the person you will become, it can be as severe as PTSD or as simple as the park in your neighborhood. Work Cited Holbrook PH.D, TL, Galarnneau MS, MR, Dye, JL, BSN, KQ, and Dougherty MPH, AL Morpine use after combat injury in Iraq and posttraumatic stress disorder. the New England Journal of Medicine. Retrieved from http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa0903326#t=articleResultsPh.D, DA (2013, April 21). Read between the (head) lines. Psychology Today.Liat Korn and Gil ZukermanJournal of Religion and Health, vol. 50, No. 4 (December 2011), pp. 911-921Published by: SpringerArticle Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41349846