Why Does Contemporary Psychology No Longer Rely Solely on Inductive

question 146

Multiple Choice

Why does contemporary psychology no longer rely solely on inductive reasoning?

• A) Inductive reasoning is too susceptible to the biases of the individual psychologist.
• B) Inductive reasoning is not based on objective observation.
• C) There are so many factors influencing human behaviour that pure induction could never identify them all.
• D) Inductive reasoning never proved a successful way of gaining knowledge.

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