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IELTS Academic Reading — Test 13, Passage 2

Six of the most influential psychological discoveries in history

Questions 14–26 of Reading Test 13. Do it online and every answer is marked the moment you finish, with your band score and the exact line of the passage each answer came from.

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It is only within the last few decades that psychology has become a highly influential discipline and a specialty area within the field of healthcare. Six crucial discoveries made this possible. In 1951 Dr Solomon Asch conducted a study to evaluate a person's likelihood to…

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