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5.List the four goals of Psychology. Give your own example for each one using a behavior

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describe, explain, predict, and change/control behavior.

Step-by-step explanation:

describe: What are they doing? -Pavlov noticed that dogs were salivating when they would see his lab assistant before food was presented to them. This observation acted as a description of what was happening to them.

explain: Why are they doing that?- Pavlov started to look into why they were doing it. There was a stimulus, the assistant giving them food in the past to where they started to salivate at the sight of the lab assistant

predict: What would happen if I responded in this way?- Pavlov predicted that he could get the same reaction if he used a bell as a stimulus. Using this he was able to condition dogs to salivate at the ring of the bell.

change/control: What can I do to get them to stop doing that? Because of this discovery we can use conditioning today. For example, in the classroom teachers can use conditioning with their students to make it easier, parents to teach their children right from wrong and to have good behavior. (you do this bad thing you get time out, do a good thing and I will praise you, etc) It can be used when training employees and many other places.

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