According to the Textbook,what Is a Key Reason Why Psychology

question 32

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook,what is a key reason why psychology took almost 300 years longer than physics,biology,and chemistry to become scientific?

• A)Early scientific methodology was too primitive to use to study the mind.
• B)Laws were passed in the 1600s that made it illegal to study the mind.
• C)Few people were interested in the mind and behaviour prior to the 20th century.
• D)The zeitgeist of the 1600s prevented people from believing that science could be applied to the study of the mind.

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Cotton Gin

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Plantation Owners

Individuals who owned large agricultural estates typically in the Americas, often worked by enslaved people, especially in the context of crops like tobacco and cotton.

Southern Territories

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