The "Cognitive Revolution

question 23

Multiple Choice

The "cognitive revolution"

• A) occurred rapidly, within a period of a few years, in response to the attacks on Skinner and the development of computers.
• B) extended over a long period of time, beginning in the early part of the century, in reaction to Wundt's introspection experiments.
• C) was a gradual process that occurred over a few decades.
• D) was not really necessary because the study of the mind has been a constant part of experimental psychology since the founding of the first psychology laboratory.

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Dependent Variable

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