Introspection
Introspection
(Lat. intro, within + spicere, to look) Observation directed upon the self or its mental states and operations. The term is the modern equivalent of “reflection” and “inner sense” as employed by Locke and Kant. Two types of introspection may be distinguished(a) the direct scrutiny of conscious states and processes at the time of their occurrence (See Inspection), and (b) the recovery of past states and processes by a retrospective act. — L.W.