PSYC-375 HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY ELITE
STUDY GUIDE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW WITH
SOLVED SCENARIOS AND DETAILED ANSWERS
2026 EDITION
◉_________________ emphasizes the works of individuals who most
prominently contributed to a topic such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes,
Darwin of Freud in. Answer: The Great-person approach.
◉The approach which shows how various individuals or events
contributed to change in an idea or concept throughout the years.
Answer: Historical Development
◉Popper believed that the problem with observations was that Answer:
it is selective.
◉Poppers believed that there was three stages of obervations Answer:
view of the problem, theories (proposed solutions), and criticism
◉Kuhn refers to Normal Science as Answer: Mopping-up operation of
paradigm.
,◉Following a paradigm, scientists explore in depth problems defined by
the paradigm and utilize the techniques suggested by the paradigm while
exploring those problems. Answer: Normal Science
◉The theory in which all scientific theory must be able to be proven
false in order for it to be considered scientific Answer: Principle of
Falsifiability
◉______________ explains the reason Popper though that empirical
observation was too vague and unrefutability. Answer: Principle of
Falsafibility
◉The potential of theory being incorrect. Popper believes this is a must
to be scientific Answer: Risky Prediction
◉Popper believes that in order to of a theory to be scientific they must
include Answer: Risky Predictions.
◉The theory in which you make sense of a theory or explain a
phenomenon after it has occurred Answer: Post-diction
◉Popper thought that empirical observation gave the notion that
Answer: Scientists just wonder around observing and explaining what
they observe
,◉Popper __________ that scientific activity starts with empirical
observation. Answer: Disagree
◉Emphasizes the influence s of other factors such as political,
technology, and economic conditions. Answer: Zeitgeist
◉A combination of __________________ and _________________ is
used to understand history. Answer: Presentism and Historicism
◉The focus of looking at the past for it's own sake. Answer:
Historicism
◉The focus on looking at psychology today and attempting to show how
it become that way. Answer: Presentism
◉The ____ stresses a person's beliefs, emotions, perceptions, values,
and goals as determinants of behavior. Answer: Soft Determinist
◉For Aristotle, sensory experience Answer: was necessary but not
sufficient for attaining knowledge
◉According to Aristotle, we perceive environmental objects because:
Answer: their movement influences a medium, which in turn stimulates
one or more of the five senses
, ◉Protagorus, the best known Sophist, presented the Sophist's position.
Which of the following is not representative of the position? Answer:
what is truth is not affected by the cultterm-5ure in which one lives
◉Socrates used the method of ____ to determine what all examples of a
concept such as beauty had in common. Answer: inductive definition
◉The force that transforms matter into a particular form is its ____
cause. Answer: efficient
◉____ stresses the emotional or unconscious determinants of human
behavior. Answer: Irrationalism
◉The study of knowledge is called: Answer: epistemology
◉The contention that what we experience mentally accurately reflects
the physical world is called: Answer: naive realism
◉Philosophy began: Answer: when logos replaced mythos
◉The allegory of the cave demonstrates: Answer: how difficult it is to
deliver humans from ignorance
STUDY GUIDE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW WITH
SOLVED SCENARIOS AND DETAILED ANSWERS
2026 EDITION
◉_________________ emphasizes the works of individuals who most
prominently contributed to a topic such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes,
Darwin of Freud in. Answer: The Great-person approach.
◉The approach which shows how various individuals or events
contributed to change in an idea or concept throughout the years.
Answer: Historical Development
◉Popper believed that the problem with observations was that Answer:
it is selective.
◉Poppers believed that there was three stages of obervations Answer:
view of the problem, theories (proposed solutions), and criticism
◉Kuhn refers to Normal Science as Answer: Mopping-up operation of
paradigm.
,◉Following a paradigm, scientists explore in depth problems defined by
the paradigm and utilize the techniques suggested by the paradigm while
exploring those problems. Answer: Normal Science
◉The theory in which all scientific theory must be able to be proven
false in order for it to be considered scientific Answer: Principle of
Falsifiability
◉______________ explains the reason Popper though that empirical
observation was too vague and unrefutability. Answer: Principle of
Falsafibility
◉The potential of theory being incorrect. Popper believes this is a must
to be scientific Answer: Risky Prediction
◉Popper believes that in order to of a theory to be scientific they must
include Answer: Risky Predictions.
◉The theory in which you make sense of a theory or explain a
phenomenon after it has occurred Answer: Post-diction
◉Popper thought that empirical observation gave the notion that
Answer: Scientists just wonder around observing and explaining what
they observe
,◉Popper __________ that scientific activity starts with empirical
observation. Answer: Disagree
◉Emphasizes the influence s of other factors such as political,
technology, and economic conditions. Answer: Zeitgeist
◉A combination of __________________ and _________________ is
used to understand history. Answer: Presentism and Historicism
◉The focus of looking at the past for it's own sake. Answer:
Historicism
◉The focus on looking at psychology today and attempting to show how
it become that way. Answer: Presentism
◉The ____ stresses a person's beliefs, emotions, perceptions, values,
and goals as determinants of behavior. Answer: Soft Determinist
◉For Aristotle, sensory experience Answer: was necessary but not
sufficient for attaining knowledge
◉According to Aristotle, we perceive environmental objects because:
Answer: their movement influences a medium, which in turn stimulates
one or more of the five senses
, ◉Protagorus, the best known Sophist, presented the Sophist's position.
Which of the following is not representative of the position? Answer:
what is truth is not affected by the cultterm-5ure in which one lives
◉Socrates used the method of ____ to determine what all examples of a
concept such as beauty had in common. Answer: inductive definition
◉The force that transforms matter into a particular form is its ____
cause. Answer: efficient
◉____ stresses the emotional or unconscious determinants of human
behavior. Answer: Irrationalism
◉The study of knowledge is called: Answer: epistemology
◉The contention that what we experience mentally accurately reflects
the physical world is called: Answer: naive realism
◉Philosophy began: Answer: when logos replaced mythos
◉The allegory of the cave demonstrates: Answer: how difficult it is to
deliver humans from ignorance
