Your Textbook Discusses the Early History of Cognitive Psychology

question 34

Multiple Choice

Your textbook discusses the early history of cognitive psychology. According to this discussion,

• A) Hermann Ebbinghaus opposed cognitive psychology because it did not pay enough attention to emotions.
• B) Mary Whiton Calkins studied people's introspections about nonsense words.
• C) William James suggested that our everyday cognitive processes are passive, rather than active.
• D) Wilhelm Wundt emphasized that introspection could provide useful information, if participants were well trained.

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