Mary Whiton Calkins:
A) founded the first psychology laboratory in America at Yale University.
B) studied with Sigmund Freud and became the first female psychoanalyst in the United States.
C) is best known for her pioneering research on comparative psychology and for her book The Animal Mind.
D) conducted research on personality, dreams, and memory, and was the first woman elected president of the American Psychological Association.

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Mary Whiton Calkins conducted research on personality, dreams, and memory, and was the first woman elected president of the American Psychological Association. She did not found the first psychology laboratory in America at Yale University (A), study with Sigmund Freud (B), or focus on comparative psychology and write The Animal Mind (C).