A Psychologist Designs an Experiment to Test a Specific If-Then

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Multiple Choice

A psychologist designs an experiment to test a specific if-then hypothesis such as,"If the rats are hungry,then they will run the maze more quickly." This process is formally known as the _____________ approach to theory building.

• A)hypothetico-inductive
• B)hypothetico-deductive
• C)scientific problem-solving
• D)inductive reasoning

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