Exercise 8. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary. Translate the sentences

1.The main objectives of psychology as a science are to describe, understand, predict and control … behaviour. 2. Corrective psychology deals … conditions and peculiarities … rehabilitating … law-breakers. 3. Corrective psychology examines … the psychology … individual law-breakers and the structure … formal and informal groups. 4. It is very important to know the motives … the crime. 5. One … the most important tasks that the psychologist has to solve is to create the atmosphere … rehabilitation … criminals. 6. Sigmund Freud concluded that personality and our degrees.. mental health depend … the actions … three major forces: the id, the ego and superego.

Exercise 9. Check up your understanding of the text. Fill in the blanks with the proper words:

1.The development of corrections depends on the … of psychologist. 2. The psychologist deals with the problems of … of criminals. 3. He examines the … of individual law-breakers and the … of formal and informal groups. 4. The result of his work is to give … … and to create the atmosphere for … of criminals. 5. The psychologist must also …, … and … conflict situations. 6. Psychologists study the behaviour of participants in the … …, problems of … …, the motives for the ….

Exercise 10. Speak about the work of psychologist in prison, using the following questions:

1. What science is vitally important in human life?

2. What depends on the work of psychologist?

3. What problems does he deal with working in corrections?

4. What does he examine with the purpose to solve these problems?

5. What does the result of his work help to do?

6. Can the psychologist also predict, control and analyse conflict situations on the basis of these results?

7. What other (more general) problems do psychologists study?

8. What should they do to be suited for these tasks?

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

I. Read and learn the following words and phrases:

to appear – показываться, появляться

alternative – альтернатива

separate – отдельный, раздельный

the field of science – область науки

to seek – искать, разыскивать, пытаться

to predict – предсказывать

behaviour – поведение

science of the mind – наука о душе

to define – определять

to lead (led, led) – вести, руководить

conscious experience – сознательный опыт

state – состояние

adjustment – приспособление

environment – окружение, внешняя среда

to expand – расширять, увеличивать

the scope – кругозор, сфера действий

emphasis – ударение, акцент

overt behaviour – открытый, явный

observe – наблюдать, замечать, изучать

pattern – образец, модель

existence – существование, наличие

to come to existence – возникать

to contribute – содействовать, делать вклад

juridical psychology – юридическая психология

comparative psychology – сравнительная психология

II. Read the text: