William James believed that the peculiar disorders described by Charcot and Janet suggested that:
A)hypnosis may be a superior technique to introspection in identifying the building blocks of consciousness.
B)psychological disorders are too idiosyncratic to be a proper subject matter for psychology.
C)the brain can create many conscious selves that are not aware of each other's existence.
D)functionalism cannot be applied as a conceptual framework for understanding psychological disorders.

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William James posited that the brain is capable of generating multiple conscious selves that operate independently of one another, a concept inspired by the disorders studied by Charcot and Janet, which often involved dissociative symptoms.

William James Believed That the Peculiar Disorders Described by Charcot