Introduction to Goals of psychology Basic aim of goals of psychology is to study behavior of a person on base of some principles and facts Main function is to understand other’s behavior and control their behavior And judgment of ourselves.
Goals of psychology Following are some goals of psychology: DESCRIBE: It aims to understand the behavior of other people and gather information about the behavior And analyze thoughts, feelings and observe different human behavior.
Explain: It includes ” why does behavior occur?” Under what circumstances it will occur again? Psychologist must conduct experiments to ensure behavior. If only one person exhibiting this behavior it certainly not a culture or norm.
Predict It is based past observed behavior. A psychologists aims to predict how behavior will appear again in future. In simple, it is prediction of person’s behavior how it will appear again. In this step psychologists predict behavior on basis of observance.
control This goal is to control behavior of other people. Psychologists after prediction can control behavior that is not normal. For example: teacher control of their classroom And parents teach their children to exhibit good behavior.