Abstract: In this paper several controversies over the method of introspectionon the history of psychology is reviewed and the author holds that (1 )introspection is one of the research methods of psychology but has itslimits; (2 ) the methods of introspection, from W. Wundt's experimentalintrospection method to the oral record method emphasized by the currentcognitive psychologists, were always used together with the experimentalmethod under the circumstance that certain conditians were controlled,so, the method of introspection cannot, be evaluate in isolation; (3 )sincethe method of introspection is always used together with experimentalmethod, it can be used to study the results of mental activities as wellas the mental process.

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