A cognitive psychologist starts with an established theory of working memory. From this theory, they formulate a specific, testable prediction: 'Participants will recall fewer multi-syllable words than single-syllable words.' They then conduct an experiment to collect empirical data to test this prediction.
What name is given to this scientific process of drawing a specific, testable hypothesis from an established theory?
Induction
Deduction
Falsification
Replicability
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