Wundt and his students found that it took a subject about one-tenth of a second longer to respond to a stimulus when concentrating attention on the expected stimulus,as opposed to when concentrating on the required response.To what process did they attribute the extra time?
A) perception
B) apperception
C) sensation
D) anticipation

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Wundt and his students attributed the extra time to apperception, which is the conscious awareness and understanding of a sensory experience, including the attention and mental processes involved in perception. When the subject focused their attention on the expected stimulus, they were engaging in apperception, which took longer than when they focused on the required response.

Wundt and His Students Found That It Took a Subject