What Is the PRIMARY Reason That Psychologists Study Aspects of the Damaged

question 572

Multiple Choice

What is the PRIMARY reason that psychologists study aspects of the damaged brain?

• A)Psychologists already know how the normal brain works.
• B)Psychologists can learn about normal brain processes by studying what happens when these processes are disrupted.
• C)Psychologists usually only have access to persons with brain dysfunction.
• D)Psychologists are only interested in abnormal behaviour and the impaired brain processes that produce this behaviour.

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