History of Psych Exam 1

“Knowledge of history brings order to disorder and imposes meaning on what may appear to be chaos, putting the past into perspective to explain the present”

• True

• False

Psychology is both one of the oldest of all scholarly disciplines and one of the newest 

• True

• False

“We can trace ideas and speculations about human nature and behavior back to the fifth century B.C., when Plato, Aristotle, and other Greek philosophers grappled with many of the same issues that concern psychologists today. These ideas include some of the basic topics: memory, learning, motivation, thought, perception, and abnormal behavior” 

• True

• False

Traditore - tradutore → to translate is to betray 

• Free association - the word “association” was initially described by Freud as Einfall, a German word more accurately meaning intrusion or invasion 

• True

• False

“Our understanding of history is dynamic. The story is constantly changing and growing and is refined, enhanced, and corrected whenever new data are revealed or reinterpreted” 

• True

• False

The principles, methods, and philosophical issues of historical research 

• Historiography

• Zeitgeist

• Personalistic Theory

• Naturalistic Theory

The intellectual and cultural climate or spirit of the times 

• Historiography

• Zeitgeist

• Personalistic Theory

• Naturalistic Theory

The view that progress and change in scientific history are attributable to the ideas of unique individuals 

• The person makes the times 

• Progress/change are a result of individual contributions 

• Historiography

• Zeitgeist

• Personalistic Theory

• Naturalistic Theory

The view that progress and change in scientific history are attributable to the Zeitgeist, which makes a culture receptive to some ideas but not to others 

• The times make the person 

• Progress/change are inevitable 

• Result of general Zeitgeist 

• Supported by examples of simultaneous discovery 

• Historiography

• Zeitgeist

• Personalistic Theory

• Naturalistic Theory

Why study the history of psychology? 

• - Significant area of study in the field 

• - No single form or approach of psychology exists 

• - The past helps shape the present 

• - Integrates areas/issues within modern psychology 

• True

• False