1) I agree with May on psychologists' fairly simplistic views of human behavior. Psychology, like other scientific practices, tend to create categories into which observations can be classified. Since psychology studies human behavior, the tendency is then to categorize human behavior into a limited number of classes. This simplifies an enormously complex discipline and facilitates the process of psychotherapy. Concomitantly however, this simplification process also entails a number of problems. .

             The main difficulty is that human behavior is by nature extremely complex. Human beings are individuals, with individual needs and concerns. May acknowledges that there are certain similarities and "stages" that can be used to categorize human life. Unlike many other psychologists, he however denies that these are specific to specific populations at specific physical stages of development. What May denies is not that the stages exist more prominently at certain developmental ages in years, but rather that the stages are specifically and undeniably part only of certain age groups. This is the aspect I agree with. Humanity is much too complex to classify according to a number of scientific rules. The importance of these rules is not to be denied, because they can help in the process of psychological research and treatment. However, the parameters created in this way should be used only as a guide towards a deeper understanding of the complexities of human nature.

             2) We do seem to have lost our moral compass. In one sense, a mere glance at the state of the world will substantiate this view. Crime rates are rising, while police and political corruption feed the unrivaled appetites of those who already have more money than they'll be able to use in a lifetime of high living. The poor become ever poorer, emaciated by the very officials appointed in theory to help them. While a few at the top therefore enjoy high living, the gap between the rich and the poor continue to widen while even the clergy and self-professed faithful turn a blind eye.