Which of the Following Statements Provides the Most Serious Obstacle

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements provides the most serious obstacle to the use of introspection as a source of scientific evidence?

• A) When facts are provided by introspection, we have no way to assess the facts themselves, independent of the reporter's particular perspective on them.
• B) Introspection requires an alert, verbally expressive investigator; otherwise, the evidence provided by introspection will be of poor quality.
• C) Introspection provides evidence about some mental events but cannot provide evidence about unconscious processes or ideas.
• D) The process of reporting on one's own mental events can take a lot of time and can slow down the processes under investigation.

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Definitions:

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