Helmholtz was a ________ whose work included the insight that ________
a) structuralist; perception involves unconscious inferences about incoming stimuli
b) structuralist; consciousness is complex, but composed of simple elements that can be analyzed through
introspection
c) psychophysicist; perception involves unconscious inferences about incoming stimuli
d) psychophysicist; consciousness is complex, but composed of simple elements that can be analyzed through
introspection
Answer: c
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