Recall your text's discussion of the behaviourist perspective in Chapter 1.According to your text,"Skinner argued [that] empirical - observable - information should be gathered first,and then theories … could be formulated from that." Skinner is endorsing ___ reasoning,promoted early on by ___.
A) inductive; Bacon
B) inductive; Descartes
C) deductive; Bacon
D) deductive; Descartes

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Skinner is advocating for empirical, observable data to be collected first (inductive reasoning) and then formulating theories from that data. This type of reasoning was also promoted by Francis Bacon, who is known for his contributions to the scientific method and the idea of empirical observation. Therefore, the best choice is A) inductive; Bacon.

Recall Your Text's Discussion of the Behaviourist Perspective in Chapter