There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the options given below.

Assertion: The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were known as the Age of Reform Movement.
Reasoning: The scientific method replaced faith and dogma as ways of understanding abnormal behaviour during this period. 

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were known as the Age of Reason and Enlightenment, as the scientific method replaced faith and dogma as ways of understanding abnormal behaviour. The growth of a scientific attitude towards psychological disorders in the eighteenth century contributed to the Reform Movement and to increased compassion for people who suffered from these disorders. Reforms of asylums were initiated in both Europe and America.