Sigmund Freud:
A) believed that experiences in early childhood were critical in the formation of adult personality.
B) promoted functionalism during his lecture series at Clark University in 1909.
C) stated that psychology should be the study of overt measurable behavior, especially as it pertains to learning.
D) founded humanistic psychology.

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Sigmund Freud believed that experiences in early childhood were critical in the formation of adult personality. This is the basis of his theory on psychosexual development, where events in childhood shape personality and behavior in adulthood. Option B is incorrect because Freud is associated with psychoanalysis, not functionalism. Option C is incorrect because Freud focused on subconscious and unconscious processes that are not easily measurable through overt behavior. Option D is incorrect because Freud's theories are not part of humanistic psychology.