Why Was Fechner Important in the Development of a Scientific,experimental

question 15

Multiple Choice

Why was Fechner important in the development of a scientific,experimental psychology?

• A) He was among the first to demonstrate how reaction time experiments could be of significance to psychology.
• B) He was among the first to demonstrate how memory could be studied quantitatively.
• C) He was among the first to demonstrate how the Gestalt theories of figure and ground could be quantified.
• D) He was among the first to demonstrate how a psychological phenomenon could be measured and quantified, and shown to relate lawfully with other variables.

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