Three Big Questions Underlie the Field of Psychology

question 39

Multiple Choice

Three big questions underlie the field of psychology. These questions include nature or nurture, universal or unique, and:

• A) cognitive or behavioral.
• B) change or stability.
• C) inherited or learned.
• D) cultural or social.

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