The school of psychology called structuralism used a technique called ___________, which involved reporting the contents of consciousness to study a person's experiences
A) intervention
B) introspection
C) insight inventory
D) induction
Answer: B
Rationale: Introspection means to "look within," or to examine one's own perceptions and thoughts. William Wundt had his subjects use introspection to perform his research, which was continued by Edward Titchener and developed into structuralism.
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