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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Testing predictions with observational methods is a key component of the empirical approach, which emphasizes using evidence from observation or experimentation to inform theories and hypotheses. The other options (psychodynamic perspective, introspection, biopsychosocial approach) do not necessarily involve the same focus on empirical testing and observation in the same way that the empirical approach does.

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