Suzy Was Working on Her Doctoral Dissertation and in Her

Multiple Choice

Suzy was working on her doctoral dissertation and in her social psychology class she learned that social facilitation, or the presence of others, influences performance. Based on this information she hypothesized that a person would run faster when running in a group of people than when running alone. In forming this hypothesis, Suzy used what type of reasoning process?

A) Deduction
B) Naturalism
C) Social rationalism
D) Induction