Which one of the following statements about Mary Whiton Calkins is TRUE?
A) She was the first woman to study with Wilhelm Wundt and receive a Ph.D. in psychology from Leipzig University.
B) She was the first woman president of the American Psychological Association and conducted research on dreams, memory, and personality.
C) In 1908 she published an influential textbook titled The Animal Mind.
D) She was a comparative psychologist who conducted groundbreaking research on the giant panda.

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Mary Whiton Calkins was the first woman president of the American Psychological Association and conducted research on dreams, memory, and personality. Although she did study with William James, she was not able to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard due to their policy against granting degrees to women at that time. She did not publish a textbook titled The Animal Mind, nor did she conduct research on the giant panda.

Which One of the Following Statements About Mary Whiton Calkins