History of Psychology – Structuralism and Functionalism

The history of psychology as a discipline can be traced back to the late 19th century. The earliest organized approaches that established psychology as a scientific discipline are Structuralism and Functionalism. As two key foundational schools of thought in psychology, both Structuralism and Fundamentalism laid the groundwork for the scientific study of the human mind…

MCQs on the Goals of Psychology

The following multiple-choice questions (MCQs) have been designed to assess your understanding of the four key goals of psychology: to describe, to explain, to predict, and to control/change. You can attempt these MCQs on goals of psychology and send your answers to the email address provided at the end. Our assessment team will promptly send…

What Are the Four Key Goals of Psychology

This article describes the four goals of psychology i.e. description, explanation, prediction and control. In the end of the article, you can assess your learning by attempting quizzes related to each of the goals of psychology. 1. Description as a goal of psychology The first goal of psychology as a field of study is to…