Psychology is a scientific discipline in that it focuses on a. behavioral, as opposed to mental, processes. b. the pursuit of truth, not simply opinion. c. accumulated wisdom of scholars. d. systematically building theories to explain phenomena. e. testing opinions and assumptions in the light of evidence.

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Gracie Sexton

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15 April, 08:47

Psychology is a scientific discipline in that it focuses on a. behavioral, as opposed to mental, processes. b. the pursuit of truth, not simply opinion. c. accumulated wisdom of scholars. d. systematically building theories to explain phenomena. e. testing opinions and assumptions in the light of evidence.

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Joanna Ward · Answer 1

Answer: Option (e) is correct

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Psychology is referred to as the discipline or science of mind and behavior. It also tends to include the study of unconscious and conscious phenomena, and of thoughts and feeling. It is also referred to as the academic discipline with immense scope. Psychologists tend to seek broad understanding of emergent characteristics and properties of brains, and also all variety of phenomena which might be linked or chained to the emergent properties.