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1. A doctrine that psychology must be based essentially on data derived from introspection.
   "Introspectionism, of course, continued as an influential research program well into the first two decades of the twentieth century but then plummeted; by the 1930s it had fallen into general disrepute and was completely abandoned."

Derived forms: introspectionisms

Type of: psychological science, psychology

Encyclopedia: Introspectionism