Sunday, 17 January 2016

What can one hope to achieve by learning about Psychology?

Firstly, we can hope to make better sense of the internal workings of our mind and gain a better understanding of ourselves. This in turn helps us live a better life for the rest of our days.

Secondly, with this understanding and skill, we can also better advise our friends and loved ones and counsel them in a manner that would be truly beneficial to them.

Thirdly, we can understand, predict and to an extent even control the behaviour of those around us. For instance we can help our friends quit a bad habit or as a teacher control the behaviour of our class to make them pay attention to what we are saying.


Fourthly, we can also teach others how to control behaviour and help themselves. For instance, teaching a young child a non-submissive behaviour can empower the child to curb any bullying behaviour from his peers.

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