By Testing Their Predictions with the Observational Methods of Science,psychologists

question 271

Multiple Choice

By testing their predictions with the observational methods of science,psychologists are most clearly relying on

• A) the psychodynamic perspective.
• B) an empirical approach.
• C) introspection.
• D) a biopsychosocial approach.

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