Tracy Henley
TEST BANK
Hergenhahn's An Introduction to the History of
Psychology
97813375641518th Edition Table of content
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Ancient World
Chapter 3. Rome and the Middle Ages
Chapter 4. Renaissance Science and Philosophy
Chapter 5. Empiricism, Sensationalism, and Positivism
Chapter 6. Rationalism
Chapter 7. Romanticism and Existentialism
Chapter 8. Physiology and Psychophysics
Chapter 9. Early Approaches to Psychology
Chapter 10. Evolution and Individual Differences
Chapter 11. American Psychology and Functionalism
Chapter 12. Behaviorism
Chapter 13. Neobehaviorism
Chapter 14. Gestalt Psychology
Chapter 15. Early Considerations of Mental Illness
Chapter 15-1a. Early Explanations of Mental Illness
Chapter 16. Psychoanalysis
Chapter 16-5a. Freud’s Trip to the United States
Chapter 17. Humanistic (Third-Force) Psychology
Chapter 18. Psychobiology
Chapter 19. Cognitive Psychology
Chapter 19-5a. The Mind–Body Problem Revisited
Chapter 20. Psychology Today 1. Historiography is:
a. another term for psychology
b. the study of the proper way to write history
c. the use of photographs in presenting history
d. another term for historicism
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Problems in Writing a History of Psychology
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1.3 - Be acquainted with the idea of presentism and historicism and the approaches
to writing history – zeitgeist approach, great-person approach, historical
development approach, and eclectic approach.
TOPICS: Problems in Writing a History of Psychology
KEYWORDS: Understand
DATE CREATED: 11/30/2017 8:34 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 11/30/2017 8:41 PM
2. Presentism maintains that:
a. the present state of a discipline is the most important
b. to truly understand something you must be present to observe it
c. it is important to understand the past in terms of contemporary knowledge and standards
d. history should be studied for its own sake without regard for how historical events relate to present events
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Problems in Writing a History of Psychology
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1.3 - Be acquainted with the idea of presentism and historicism and the approaches
to writing history – zeitgeist approach, great-person approach, historical
development approach, and eclectic approach.
TOPICS: What to Include
KEYWORDS: Understand
DATE CREATED: 11/30/2017 8:34 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 11/30/2017 8:41 PM
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1 3. Historicism refers to the belief that:
a. the present state of a discipline should act as a guide in writing that discipline's history
b. the present state of a discipline represents its highest and best state of development
c. only the past is important
d. the past should be studied for its own sake without attempting to show the relationship between past and
present
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Problems in Writing a History of Psychology
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1.3 - Be acquainted with the idea of presentism and historicism and the approaches
to writing history – zeitgeist approach, great-person approach, historical
development approach, and eclectic approach.
TOPICS: What to Include
KEYWORDS: Understand
DATE CREATED: 11/30/2017 8:34 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 11/30/2017 8:41 PM
4. Zeitgeist means:
a. the spirit of the times
b. about the same thing as presentism
c. that the history of anything must be selective
d. about the same thing as historicism
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Problems in Writing a History of Psychology
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1.3 - Be acquainted with the idea of presentism and historicism and the approaches
to writing history – zeitgeist approach, great-person approach, historical
development approach, and eclectic approach.
TOPICS: Choice of Approach
KEYWORDS: Understand
DATE CREATED: 11/30/2017 8:34 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 11/30/2017 8:41 PM
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TEST BANK
Hergenhahn's An Introduction to the History of
Psychology
97813375641518th Edition Table of content
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Ancient World
Chapter 3. Rome and the Middle Ages
Chapter 4. Renaissance Science and Philosophy
Chapter 5. Empiricism, Sensationalism, and Positivism
Chapter 6. Rationalism
Chapter 7. Romanticism and Existentialism
Chapter 8. Physiology and Psychophysics
Chapter 9. Early Approaches to Psychology
Chapter 10. Evolution and Individual Differences
Chapter 11. American Psychology and Functionalism
Chapter 12. Behaviorism
Chapter 13. Neobehaviorism
Chapter 14. Gestalt Psychology
Chapter 15. Early Considerations of Mental Illness
Chapter 15-1a. Early Explanations of Mental Illness
Chapter 16. Psychoanalysis
Chapter 16-5a. Freud’s Trip to the United States
Chapter 17. Humanistic (Third-Force) Psychology
Chapter 18. Psychobiology
Chapter 19. Cognitive Psychology
Chapter 19-5a. The Mind–Body Problem Revisited
Chapter 20. Psychology Today 1. Historiography is:
a. another term for psychology
b. the study of the proper way to write history
c. the use of photographs in presenting history
d. another term for historicism
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Problems in Writing a History of Psychology
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1.3 - Be acquainted with the idea of presentism and historicism and the approaches
to writing history – zeitgeist approach, great-person approach, historical
development approach, and eclectic approach.
TOPICS: Problems in Writing a History of Psychology
KEYWORDS: Understand
DATE CREATED: 11/30/2017 8:34 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 11/30/2017 8:41 PM
2. Presentism maintains that:
a. the present state of a discipline is the most important
b. to truly understand something you must be present to observe it
c. it is important to understand the past in terms of contemporary knowledge and standards
d. history should be studied for its own sake without regard for how historical events relate to present events
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Problems in Writing a History of Psychology
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1.3 - Be acquainted with the idea of presentism and historicism and the approaches
to writing history – zeitgeist approach, great-person approach, historical
development approach, and eclectic approach.
TOPICS: What to Include
KEYWORDS: Understand
DATE CREATED: 11/30/2017 8:34 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 11/30/2017 8:41 PM
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1 3. Historicism refers to the belief that:
a. the present state of a discipline should act as a guide in writing that discipline's history
b. the present state of a discipline represents its highest and best state of development
c. only the past is important
d. the past should be studied for its own sake without attempting to show the relationship between past and
present
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Problems in Writing a History of Psychology
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1.3 - Be acquainted with the idea of presentism and historicism and the approaches
to writing history – zeitgeist approach, great-person approach, historical
development approach, and eclectic approach.
TOPICS: What to Include
KEYWORDS: Understand
DATE CREATED: 11/30/2017 8:34 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 11/30/2017 8:41 PM
4. Zeitgeist means:
a. the spirit of the times
b. about the same thing as presentism
c. that the history of anything must be selective
d. about the same thing as historicism
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Problems in Writing a History of Psychology
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1.3 - Be acquainted with the idea of presentism and historicism and the approaches
to writing history – zeitgeist approach, great-person approach, historical
development approach, and eclectic approach.
TOPICS: Choice of Approach
KEYWORDS: Understand
DATE CREATED: 11/30/2017 8:34 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 11/30/2017 8:41 PM
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