Psychology (paperback) Plus NEW MyLab Psychology  with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (4th Edition)
Psychology (paperback) Plus NEW MyLab Psychology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780133827996
Author: Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1.3, Problem 3PQ
Summary Introduction

Introduction:

Psychology is the study of human behaviors and mental activities. Behavior includes all of overt actions and reaction such as facial expressions, talking, and movement. While mental processes includes internal, hidden activities of brain such as remembering, thinking, and feeling. Every science has some common goal of learning that how things work. The goals that specifically target at animal behavior and mysteries of humans are explanation, description, control and prediction.

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