Writing about something with the purpose of proving or disproving, clarifying, reviewing, or judging its merits is writing intended to "inform" since it seeks the truth. Of course "inform" and "persuade" go hand-in-hand quite frequently.
I'm pretty sure that it was fire
I believe that most people would not have agreed with Thoreau's position
Psychology means is the study of the mind and how somebody reacts to something so like not that many people out there study is psychology
An aborigine is someone or something that has been native to a country or region for an extended period of time, typically the first.
Aborigines include the Native Americans of the now North Americas, ancient plant species, and many more.