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 behaviour prior to the 20th 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 (cultural and intellectual climate) of the 1600s included a belief that the mind and soul were not subject to scientific inquiry, which hindered the development of scientific psychology. This is discussed in chapter 1 of the textbook.

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