According to the authors of the textbook,scholars in the 1600s did not apply scientific methodology to the study of the mind and human behaviour because of what belief?
A)that scientific methodology did not work
B)that science needed more time to develop
C)that humans were not just physical machines,and could not be studied using science
D)that it was a religious sin to try to understand the nature of the mind

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Scholars in the 1600s believed that humans were not just physical machines and could not be studied using scientific methodology. This belief was known as dualism, and it held that the mind and body were separate entities. Therefore, scholars did not consider the study of human behavior to be a science, and they did not use scientific methodology to research the mind or behavior.

According to the Authors of the Textbook,scholars in the 1600s