A psychologist has a theory about how hunger influences the behaviour of rats and designs an experiment to test a specific if-then hypothesis such as, "If the rats are hungry, then they will run a maze more quickly." The hypothesis testing process in this example illustrates ____________ reasoning.
A)confirmatory
B)deductive
C)convergent
D)inductive

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Deductive reasoning is used when testing specific hypotheses derived from broader theories, as in the example where a specific outcome (rats running a maze more quickly) is predicted based on a general principle (hunger influences behavior).

A Psychologist Has a Theory About How Hunger Influences the Behaviour