Unlike modern psychologists, great thinkers of the past:
a. relied primarily on observations based on anecdotes and descriptions of individual cases.
b. wanted to describe, predict, understand, and modify behavior.
c. relied heavily on empirical evidence.
d. wanted to know what motivated people's actions.
Answer: a
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a. normative influence. b. private conformity. c. public conformity. d. informational influence.