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Look at the statements given below. Analyze each one of them and come up with goats of Psychology or the role that Psychology plays in real life.(i) A group of Psychologists observed 1000 individuals and recorded their behaviour and reactions.(ii) After analyzing their responses, they tried to understand the reasons behind their behaviours.(iii) These observations can be generalized to the entire population. Therefore behaviour of an individual under stressful situations can be predicted.(iv) The Psychologists came up with some conclusions so that people can change their responses to stressful situations for the better. |
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Answer» (i) The goal of description (What): Describing what happens in a particular situation (ii) The goal of explanation (Why): Explaining why a particular instance happened (iii) The goal of prediction (Anticipate): Predicting how people will behave under a given situation (iv) The goal of control (Modify): Controlling actions of human beings with the help of psychological techniques. |
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