According to the authors of the textbook, what is a key reason why psychology took almost 300 years longer than physics, biology, and chemistry to become scientific? A) Early scientific methodology was too primitive to use to study the mind. B) Laws were passed in the 1600s that made studying the mind illegal. C) Few people were interested in the mind and behavior prior to the 20^th century. D) The zeitgeist of the 1600s prevented people from believing that science could be applied to the study of the mind.

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The zeitgeist of the 1600s, or the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of the era, was not conducive to the idea that scientific methods could be applied to the study of the mind. This cultural and intellectual atmosphere significantly delayed the recognition of psychology as a science.

According to the Authors of the Textbook, What Is a Key