Which statement is true with regard to the beginnings of scientific psychology?
a. ?Wilhelm Wundt was primarily interested in studying conscious experience and mental processes.
b. ?John Watson used a process called introspection to examine the sensations and feelings of trained observers.
c. ?William James established the first scientific laboratory in Germany to study mental processes.
d. ?Gilbert Haven Jones was primarily interested in the function that behaviors and thoughts serve for organisms.
ANSWER:
a
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