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psychology
pathfinder psychology 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| learning psychology | -better understanding of human behaviors -to see how animlas and humans react |
| physiological | physical need |
| cognitive | organisms thinking and understanding, metal reasoning |
| acquiring practical information | - most methods are for everyday life -like training a puppy -mainly give rewards |
| psychology | -the scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific resreach applyed to humans thoughts, feels and doings. - all are different |
| goals of psychology | -describe -explain -predict -influence behavior |
| description | gather information about the behavior being studied -present what is known |
| explanation | -explain why people behave the way they do -hypothesis;educated guess -theory; a set of assumptions used to explain the problem |
| prediction | -accumulated knowledge -what they think/feel in situations -what happens in the past may predict the future |
| influence | -trying to find a long term goal -called basic science -research |