Dr Donelian Wants to Reduce His Students' Perception That Psychological

question 20

Multiple Choice

Dr. Donelian wants to reduce his students' perception that psychological experiments merely document the obvious. His best strategy would be to ask the students to

• A) describe how experimental hypotheses were derived from basic psychological principles.
• B) predict the outcomes of experiments before they are told the actual results.
• C) explain the outcomes of experiments after they are told the actual results.
• D) personally engage in scientific observation.

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