A researcher blindfolds you and gently rubs a feather across your forearm.You report the following: "Billowy,soft,tickling." You are using a research method associated with
A) functionalism.
B) psychoanalysis.
C) structuralism.
D) behaviorism.

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The use of introspection, which involves reporting on personal experiences, was a key method in the structuralist approach to psychology. This scenario involves reporting on the experience of having a feather rubbed across the skin, which fits with the use of introspection and the structuralist approach. The other options (A, B, and D) do not involve introspection as a key method.

A Researcher Blindfolds You and Gently Rubs a Feather Across