According to the Authors of the Textbook, What Is a Key

question 185

Multiple Choice

According to the authors of 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 studying the mind illegal.
• C) Few people were interested in the mind and behavior prior to the 20^th 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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Definitions:

Behavioral

Pertains to the actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external or internal stimuli.

Sociocultural

Pertaining to the combination of social and cultural factors and their influence on individual behavior and society.

DSM-5

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a comprehensive classification of officially recognized psychiatric disorders.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

A mental health disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable worry about a range of different topics.