If Dr. Myers is interested in studying why individuals with antisocial personality disorder continue to commit crimes and hurt others without feeling any remorse, on what goal of psychology is Dr. Myers focused?

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If Dr. Myers is interested in studying why individuals with antisocial personality disorder continue to commit crimes and hurt others without feeling any remorse, on what goal of psychology is Dr. Myers focused?

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Bryan Dean · Answer 1

Dr Myers is focused on Explaining behavior.

Explanation:

Psychology has four main goals which are to; explain, predict, describe and control behavior of people.

Dr Myers is trying to determine why people with antisocial personality disorder act and feel a certain way, committing crimes and hurting others without feeling remorse.

Therefore she is trying to explain explain the behavior of such individuals.

India Salas · Answer 2

Explaining behavior

Explanation:

There are four major goals of psychology, these are, describing behavior, explaining behavior, predicting behavior, and changing behavior. Explaining behavior has to do with psychologist trying to explain why people do what they do, the factors that cause them to behave the way they do. Dr. Myers is interested in explaining the behavior of individuals with antisocial personality disorder.