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Dr. Booth claims to have discovered a way to hypnotize people that eliminates their depression following one treatment. When other people try to use his method and find their clients remain depressed, he says they must not have been doing things correctly. Dr. Booth's treatment does not seem to be: A) Psychological B) Replicable C) Testable D) Science

Susan is a graduate student in psychology and she has been stumped for days trying to figure out why a child she is working with misbehaves. She rereads all of her case notes and plans to observe the child the next day at school. What would help Susan make sense of all the information she has? A) Asking the parents why the child misbehaves B) Asking her graduate advisor why the child misbehaves C) Reading different theories about child misbehaviour D) Reading one expert's explanation about child misbehaviour