"Early" researchers of imagery (beginning with Aristotle until just prior to the dominance of behaviorism) proposed all of the following ideas EXCEPT
A) studying images was a way of studying thinking.
B) images are one of the three basic elements of consciousness.
C) imagery requires a special mechanism.
D) thought is impossible without an image.

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Early researchers of imagery, from Aristotle up until the rise of behaviorism, did not propose that imagery requires a special mechanism. They focused more on the role of images in thinking and consciousness, and some even suggested that thought is impossible without images. The idea of a special mechanism for imagery is more modern.

"Early" Researchers of Imagery (Beginning with Aristotle Until Just Prior