A Theory That Explains a Behavior Primarily in Terms of Why

question 13

Multiple Choice

A theory that explains a behavior primarily in terms of why it happens is which of the following?

• A) a mechanistic theory
• B) a typology
• C) a functional theory
• D) a hypothesis

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