Carla's Group, in Psychology Class, Has Been Given the Task

question 56

Multiple Choice

Carla's group, in psychology class, has been given the task of coming up with a modern day problem and applying one of the psychological perspectives to solve this problem. They first have to consider many of society's problems and then generate a hypothesis based on one of the perspectives. After they complete that part of the task, they must find a way to systematically test the use of this perspective. Carla's group is using ______.

• A) social perspective taking
• B) hypothetical-deductive reasoning
• C) response inhibition
• D) selective attention

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