School PSY/405 2018.08.03 Predicting behavior

Professor: Is it possible to predict an individual's behavior? If so, how? If not, why not? Response: Predicting an individual's behavior is possible in my opinion, but it takes a lot of research and observation. If someone wants to know how another will behave in the future, they could look in their past. Studying a persons past actions and how they've lived their lives might be very helpful when coming up with how one might behave in the given situation. Looking at key emotions and how the subject is reacting with them in a given situation would also be an interesting observation. This study seemed like it would be a fun observation, although it's on the more technical side. It focuses more on the traits of warmth and competence (Harris, L. 2016). Harris, L. 2016, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. Oct2016, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p419-436. 18p.