Four Goals of Psychology
Four Goals of Psychology
Amanda K Farias
12/17/2010
Four Goals of Psychology What are the four goals of psychology? To understand the four goals of psychology, you must first understand that psychology is based off of its findings from scientific research and critical thinking. The four goals of psychology are to describe, understand, predict, and control behavior and the mental process. These goals were set to help psychologists to better understand what factors cause different types of behavior and why. In order for these goals to be successful, information must be obtained from direct observation of the patient. Do these goals help humanity? Do these goals hurt humanity? These questions will be answered in the essay below. Four Goals of Psychology The four goals of psychology are to describe, understand, predict, and control behavior and mental process.
Describe
The first goal in psychology is describe. The initial job of a psychologist is to carefully observe everything about a patient, like their thought process and behavior, this process is known as describe. Describe is to characterize how humans and other living beings act and think in different situations. They try to describe who, what, when, where, why, and how the reaction of the human or other living being was the reaction they received. They try to describe what occurred.
Understand
The second goal in psychology is understand. Psychologists take their observation and develop theories about the causes of behavior. They try to understand why beings, think, feel, and act as they do. They try to figure out why this is happening. The psychologist will try to explain why the thoughts, feelings or actions occurred. Psychologists must think outside the box so to speak to understand their observations, they can’t think the ordinary.
Predict
The third goal in psychology is predict. In the third step of psychology, the psychologist uses prediction to try to anticipate the behavior
Amanda K Farias
12/17/2010
Four Goals of Psychology What are the four goals of psychology? To understand the four goals of psychology, you must first understand that psychology is based off of its findings from scientific research and critical thinking. The four goals of psychology are to describe, understand, predict, and control behavior and the mental process. These goals were set to help psychologists to better understand what factors cause different types of behavior and why. In order for these goals to be successful, information must be obtained from direct observation of the patient. Do these goals help humanity? Do these goals hurt humanity? These questions will be answered in the essay below. Four Goals of Psychology The four goals of psychology are to describe, understand, predict, and control behavior and mental process.
Describe
The first goal in psychology is describe. The initial job of a psychologist is to carefully observe everything about a patient, like their thought process and behavior, this process is known as describe. Describe is to characterize how humans and other living beings act and think in different situations. They try to describe who, what, when, where, why, and how the reaction of the human or other living being was the reaction they received. They try to describe what occurred.
Understand
The second goal in psychology is understand. Psychologists take their observation and develop theories about the causes of behavior. They try to understand why beings, think, feel, and act as they do. They try to figure out why this is happening. The psychologist will try to explain why the thoughts, feelings or actions occurred. Psychologists must think outside the box so to speak to understand their observations, they can’t think the ordinary.
Predict
The third goal in psychology is predict. In the third step of psychology, the psychologist uses prediction to try to anticipate the behavior
References: Psychology and your life. (2010) Chapter 1 and chapter 2 Author: Feldman, Robert S.