The four goals of psychology are to describe, explain, ____________, and influence behavior and mental processes.

A) increase
B) decrease
C) predict
D) standardize

The four goals of psychology are to describe behavior and mental processes, explain the causes of behavior and mental processes, predict how behavior and mental processes will manifest in the future, and influence behavior and mental processes. The missing goal is to predict, which involves using knowledge from the other goals to forecast future behavior or mental processes.