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Psychologists seek to understand subjective experience through:
 
  a. replication.
  b. inference from behavior.
  c. common sense.
  d. direct observation.

Question 2

Dr. Simon is discussing the role of inference in research. She says that psychologists study the outside to know about the inside. Is she correct?
 
  a. No ? she has it backwards; we study the inside to know about the outside.
  b. No ? inference does not play a role in research.
  c. Yes ? we infer subjective experience (inside) from behavior (outside).
  d. Yes ? but we don't need inference since we can directly observe subjective experience in research participants.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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