One of the major reasons that Gestalt psychology failed to become popular in the United States apparently was ____
a. ?the animosity toward the Germans that was provoked by events of World War I
b. ?its coincidental association with the rise of the Nazi regime
c. ?American scholars' belief that Gestalt theory had only to do with perception
d. ?because it was vociferously opposed by Titchener and Watson
e. ?its focus on consciousness when Watson was criticizing the concept
c
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