Imagine that the year is 1868 and you are working in the laboratory of F. C. Donders, a Dutch physiologist. Assisting him in his studies of mental processes, you are most likely to observe him
a. asking participants to use introspection and reflect on their own thought processes.
b. measuring how long it takes participants to perform a series of experimental tasks.
c. requiring participants to talk out loud as they attempt to solve mental problems.
d. trying to determine what participants are thinking by using his extrasensory abilities.
Answer: b. measuring how long it takes participants to perform a series of experimental tasks.
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