Which of the Following Statements Is One of the Reasons

question 505

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is one of the reasons that thisperson is famous in the early history of psychology?

• A)She is Margaret Floy Washburn, the first woman to earn a doctorate in psychology.
• B)She is Renee Descartes, who is famous for proposing a doctrine called interactive dualism, which stated that the mind and body were separate entities that interact to produce conscious experiences.
• C)She is comparative psychologist Rebecca Snyder, who is famous for her research on giant pandas.
• D)She is Mary Whiton Calkins, who became the first female president of the American Psychological Association.

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