Professor Jonas Studies Aggression

question 491

Multiple Choice

Professor Jonas studies aggression. She sets up an experiment and makes her best guess as to how the results will come out. This best illustrates psychology's central goal of

• A)explanation
• B)prediction
• C)description
• D)criticism

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Definitions:

Acting On Information

The process of taking action based on the data or knowledge one has received.

Relationship

A connection, association, or involvement between individuals, whether personal, professional, or otherwise.

Impersonal Communication

Process that occurs when we treat others as objects or respond to their roles rather than to who they are as unique persons.

Emotional Contagion

The phenomenon where one person's emotions and related behaviors directly trigger similar emotions and behaviors in other people.