This paper is an integrative review of what I have learned through my studies in the course of Human Development. It also gives my viewpoint resulting from a conglomeration of what I have studied over the past semester with relation to myself, as well as my future considerations regarding this subject due to what I have learned thus far.
             After reviewing my icebreaker discussion statements at the beginning of this course, before I studied human development and the many theories involved, I can honestly say that I have definitely expanded upon my knowledge of the subject and am impressed with all the variances of views from a vast number of theorists.
             For instance, although Bronfenbrenner considers biological influences as an important component of the bioecological approach, ecological influences are central to the theory. Some critics argue that the perspective pays insufficient attention to biological factors. Still, the bioecological approach is of considerable importance to child development, suggesting as it does the multiple levels at which the environment affects children's development. (Feldman, 2011)
             After studying Bronfenbrenner's bioecological approach as well as the humanistic perspective, and realizing that the feminist movement may have had a profound effect on my childhood development in the way that I think, or chose to think, I came to the conclusion that both theories are warranted and could be intertwined either together or with several other theories to achieve a possible better explanation of childhood development. I also realized that the bioecogical approach involves the fact that cultural influences may have a lot to do with how one develops, myself included.
             I also studied the theories of childhood development regarding Erikson, Bandura, Vygotsky, Piaget, and Kohlberg, as well as the work of Damon on childhood friendships and popularity issues. It
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