Psychology as a Discipline

Description of Discipline: Psychology evolved from the more established fields of biology and philosophy. Psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes. Psychology has many activities ranging from recording nerve-cell activity to psychotherapy. Psychology began as the science of mental life. This was only until 1920. Then a man by the name of John Watson redefined psychology as the science of observable behavior. Psychology then changed again in 1960. Bringing back the initial interest of mental …

…think it is very apparent that another study should be done but attention needs to be focused on issues like differences in time and risk among the individuals. Yes Moral Reconation therapy did work in reducing the number of re-offenders. The research is limited the evidence is problematic. Yet both programs did help some. So as suggested the programs that focus on changing participants' thoughts and attitudes appear to be effective approaches to reducing re-offenders.