Early Psychologists Applying Structuralist Methods to the Study of Psychology

question 242

Multiple Choice

Early psychologists applying structuralist methods to the study of psychology attempted to:

• A)use free association to gain insight into the unconsciousness.
• B)analyze conscious experience in its most basic parts.
• C)use reaction-time measures to map or structure neural networks in the brain.
• D)identify the adaptive functions of mental activity.

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Definitions:

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