Dr Smith Wants to Know More About How Our Sensations

Multiple Choice

Dr. Smith wants to know more about how our sensations become perceptions. She has developed a drawing that can be interpreted in different ways, depending on which parts of the drawing the viewer focuses on. Now she is showing the drawing to different people, and asking them to report what they see, any thoughts they may have as they view the drawing, and how their thoughts influence their perceptions. Dr. Smith's approach to this research most closely resembles ____________

A) structuralism.
B) functionalism.
C) Gestalt psychology.
D) evolutionary psychology.