Social and Psychological Development of Caribbean People
Critically analyze the social and psychological development of Caribbean people in the last three decades. Many factors have impacted the social and psychological development of Caribbean people during the last thirty years. These include but are not limited to the history of the Caribbean, education, religion, sports, music, information communication technology, economic conditions and regional integration. Social development refers the ways in which individuals’ social interactions and expectations change across the lifespan and psychological development refers to the development of human beings’ cognitive, emotional, intellectual, and social capabilities and functioning over the course of the life span. Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental process such as thoughts, feelings, perceptions, reasoning, memories and biological activities that maintain bodily functions. Therefore to critically analyze the social and psychological development of the Caribbean people in the last thirty years one needs to examine the factors that have impacted the behaviours and mental processes of Caribbean people. The Caribbean has had a unique history of invasion, conquest and domination by an aggressive European culture which began with the Spaniards and ended with the English. The people of the Caribbean endured many difficulties during this time. The natives were almost totally eradicated by the Spaniards and other European groups. To further worsen their acts against the Caribbean, slavery was introduced. Slavery is one of the greatest evil that Caribbean people had to experience and the effects of slavery is still having an impact on the social and psychological development of the people to this day. Slavery disrupted family life and the role of key members of the family. It denied the people of the Caribbean a sense of pride, sense of identity and worth among other things. Today centuries after slaver has ended the Caribbean still has a large