Question

A person in a laboratory is asked to taste and describe her conscious experience of two different drinks. the person talks about how sweet each drink tastes to her, what they remind her of, and which one she finds most pleasant. what method is being used to study her subjective experience of the drinks?

Answer 1

The method that is used is introspection.
When the person in question is describing her experience she is doing so by examining her own feelings and her conscious mind and thoughts. That is precisely what introspection is. In psychology here we see that this is connected to the examination of one own's mental states. This method leads a person to look within himself and not without. That is why this is the opposite of external observations.