Why Did Experimental Psychologists Ignore Emotion as a Research Topic

question 30

Multiple Choice

Why did experimental psychologists ignore emotion as a research topic for much of the 20th century?

• A) Emotion was not considered an important aspect of human experience.
• B) No theories of emotion had been proposed prior to the late 20th
• Century.
• C) Emotion was considered a completely subjective, internal experience that could not be studied with objective measures.
• D) Experimental psychologists did not begin studying emotion until the technology was developed for studying brain activity during emotional experiences.

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