Your textbook discusses the early history of cognitive psychology. According to this discussion,

a. Hermann Ebbinghaus opposed cognitive psychology because it did not pay enough attention to emotions.
b. Mary Whiton Calkins studied people's introspections about nonsense words.
c. William James suggested that our everyday cognitive processes are passive, rather than active.
d. Wilhelm Wundt emphasized that introspection could provide useful information, if participants were well trained.

Ans: d

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