The School of Thought in Psychology That Turned Away from the Study

question 25

Multiple Choice

The school of thought in psychology that turned away from the study of consciousness during the first half of the last century was

• A) behaviorism.
• B) psychoanalysis.
• C) humanistic psychology.
• D) evolutionary psychology.

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Definitions:

T Value

A statistic used in hypothesis testing to determine if there is a significant difference between two groups.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data that is used in a hypothesis test to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or calculation.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis stating there is no significant difference or effect, serving as the default assumption in hypothesis testing.