William James, the Father of American Psychology, Once Wrote: 'Thinking

question 137

Multiple Choice

William James, the father of American psychology, once wrote: 'Thinking is for doing'.What did he mean by this?

• A)The human brain probably developed its current cognitive abilities in large part to enable effective decision-making and to facilitate behaviour.
• B)People typically engage in conscious thought only when engaged in a task (e.g., only when solving a puzzle, trying to construct an argument, or making a decision about something).
• C)Every behaviour that a person engages in implies a particular thought or set of thoughts; researchers can therefore infer thoughts from behaviours.
• D)Because the primary role of thoughts is simply to plan behaviours, the proper focus of study for psychologists is behaviours themselves (and not thoughts).

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