How Did Mary Calkins Study The Human Mind

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Early scientists and psychologist have been trying to get a full grasp about human minds by studying the truth about the self. They have used a variety of stimuli in their study, but the method of using artificial stimulus may not be the best way to understand how the mind works and why humans behave the way they do. Mary Calkins has developed a different approach to study the human mind by observing one’s own emotion. In the earlier study, they were observing the mind and body as a whole and not as two separate entities. They did not really observe the things that were happening in the mind while they were observing; therefore, Calkins instead examined her own mind because that was the only way she could have a full access without using