Introspection Was Employed as a Research Tool in the Late

question 23

Multiple Choice

Introspection was employed as a research tool in the late 1800s because

• A)it was regarded as the only way to observe the mind's contents directly.
• B)it provided data from individuals without any specialized training.
• C)conscious events are just as important as unconscious events.
• D)it provided cognitive psychology's first testable claims.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by the unconscious mind to manipulate, deny, or distort reality in order to defend against feelings of anxiety and unacceptable impulses and to maintain one's self-schema.

Freudian Theory

A set of psychoanalytic theories developed by Sigmund Freud, which emphasize the importance of unconscious processes and childhood experiences in shaping personality and behavior.

Defense Mechanisms

Strategies the ego uses to disguise or transform unconscious wishes.

Ego

Within the framework of psychoanalytic theory, it's the component of one's personality that acts as an intermediary among the desires of the id, the superego, and the exigencies of reality.