“Witness the American ideal: the Self-Made Man. But there is no such person. If we can stand on our own two feet, it is because others have raised us up. If, as adults, we can lay claim to competence and compassion, it only means that other human beings have been willing and enabled to commit their competence and compassion to us--through infancy, childhood, and adolescence, right up to this very moment.”
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Urie Bronfenbrenner
Urie Bronfenbrenner was a distinguished psychologist famous for his ecological systems theory, which highlights the significance of the environment in human development. Born on April 29, 1917, and deceased on September 25, 2005, his contributions have had a lasting impact on the field of psychology. more
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