Louise Has Decided to Conduct an Experiment That Is Expected

question 12

Multiple Choice

Louise has decided to conduct an experiment that is expected to show that an existing theory (the theory of cognitive dissonance) can explain why individuals who have cheated on an exam may later decide that it is OK to cheat. Her experiment is informed by

• A) the inductive method.
• B) the parsimonious method.
• C) the deductive method.
• D) the method of falsifiability.

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