ASST 1002 Lecture : Lecture 2 Spring 2016
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I what is psychology: psychology is the study of the behaviors and how the brains of animals and people work. It"s known as a science because, in order to study animals" and humans" behaviors and mental processes, the researchers, or psychologists, have to observe them. It is observing a behavior and noticing and taking note of everything about the subject. This goal is really important in forming a theory on a behavior: the prediction is the third goal. It is asking when it will happen again. It determines what will happen in the future: the fourth goal is the control. This goal is focusing on changing the behavior. This goal is especially important on changing an undesirable behavior to a better one. Ii psychology then: the history of psychology: wilhelm wundt was a german physiologist who was the first to try and study the human mind by using scientific principles.
