Psychologists Assume That

question 126

Multiple Choice

Psychologists assume that:

• A)behavior and mental processes have a cause or causes.
• B)there are no parallels between human and animal behavior.
• C)human behavior can be accurately predicted in any situation.
• D)most aspects of behavior and mental processes cannot be understood by scientific means.

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Definitions:

Directional Hypothesis

A directional hypothesis predicts the specific direction of the relationship between variables, such as one variable increasing as the other decreases.

Greek Letters

Symbols used in statistics and other scientific fields to represent variables, parameters, and coefficients.

Directional Research Hypothesis

A hypothesis that predicts the specific direction of the relationship between variables.

Null Hypotheses

A statistical hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or relationship exists between certain characteristics of a population or data set.