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Multiple Choice
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NOTE: The following items also appear in the online study guide that is
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available to students: 2, 6, 14, 24, 28, 39
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1. Robert Watson was instrumental in developing interest in psychology’s history in the
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1960s. During this time he accomplished all of the following except
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a. played a key role in forming APA’s Division 26 (on history)
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b. was first Director of doctoral program in psychology’s history at UNH
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c. established and became the first director of the Archives of the History of d d d d d d d d d d d d
American Psychology
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d. had a key role in forming Cheiron
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2. Which of the following is the least important reason for studying history (in
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general, not just psychology’s history)?
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a. it enables us to understand the present better
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b. knowing history is the only sure way to predict the future d d d d d d d d d d
c. it prevents us from thinking that things were always much better in the past
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d. it helps us to understand human nature
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3. Early in the chapter, what was the purpose of describing the formation of the
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Association for Psychological Science (APS)?
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a. to show that understanding the present requires knowing the past
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b. to show that the most important reason for studying history is to be able to
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predict the future
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c. to show that psychology can never be a unified discipline
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d. to show that most research psychologists know little and care little about history
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4. What was the purpose of the Boorstin quote from his essay The Prison of the Present?
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a. to show that a full understanding of the present requires knowing the past
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b. to show that the most important reason for studying history is to be able to
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predict the future
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c. to show that knowing history prevents us from thinking that things
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were always better in the past than they are now
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d. to show that most psychologists prefer to live in the past
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5. Which of the following is the least valuable reason for studying psychology’s history?
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a. it will enable us to avoid the mistakes of the past
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b. it will help synthesize the content learned in other psychology courses
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c. it helps enable us better understand the present status of psychology
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d. issues of importance 100 years ago are still important today
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6. Furumoto’s concept of “old” history is characterized by
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a. internal history d
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b. naturalistic history d
c. an emphasis on historical context
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d. historicism
7. Furumoto’s concept of “new” history is characterized by
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a. internal history d
b. personalistic history d
c. an emphasis on the history of ideas
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d. historicism
8. Someone taking an “old” history stance would, according to Furumoto, be likely to say
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that
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a. Jones’s 1920 study is important because it anticipated Smith’s 1997 research
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b. the history of psychology is, in essence, the history of great psychologists
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c. modern psychology has progressed significantly from the days of the introspective
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d. all of these
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9. Old history thinking typically includes
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a. origin myths d
b. emphasizing the zeitgeist d d
c. historicist rather than presentist views d d d d
d. denying the importance of history d d d d
10. Tracing modern experimental social psychology to Triplett’s 1898 study that
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simulated competition among cyclists is an example of
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a. the importance of the zeitgeist
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b. an eponym d
c. an origin myth d d
d. a multiple d
11. Which of the following is true about an origin myth in psychology?
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a. it usually describes events that never actually happened
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b. it falsely gives credit to a discovery to person X when person Y in fact
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anticipated the discovery some years before person X
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c. it glorifies the zeitgeist at the expense of failing to recognize the value of
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individual genius
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d. it gives the false impression of a clear starting point for a scientific
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approach to some area of psychology
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12. If you accuse someone of being excessively “presentist,” it means that this person
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a. believes the present can only be understood by understanding the past
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b. thinks the past should be evaluated by using the standards of the present
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c. believes history is of no importance at all to the present
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d. thinks the present can be understood (it is happening now); the past can never be
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understood
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13. Someone taking a naturalistic approach to history would say
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a. Darwin revolutionized biology; the 19th century would have been
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completely different without him
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b. history changes because special people (e.g., Einstein) force history to change
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c. I’m not at all surprised that two people (Darwin & Wallace) thought
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of the idea of natural selection at about the same time
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d. the importance of the zeitgeist has been overstated
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14. Someone taking a naturalistic approach to history would say that
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a. without Descartes, the history of reflex action would be totally different
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b. history changes because of the work of highly creative and forceful individuals
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c. the importance of the zeitgeist has been overstated; people are more important
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d. biography matters, but the zeitgeist is a more critical factor d d d d d d d d d
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I.
Multiple Choice
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NOTE: The following items also appear in the online study guide that is
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available to students: 2, 6, 14, 24, 28, 39
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1. Robert Watson was instrumental in developing interest in psychology’s history in the
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1960s. During this time he accomplished all of the following except
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a. played a key role in forming APA’s Division 26 (on history)
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b. was first Director of doctoral program in psychology’s history at UNH
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c. established and became the first director of the Archives of the History of d d d d d d d d d d d d
American Psychology
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d. had a key role in forming Cheiron
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2. Which of the following is the least important reason for studying history (in
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general, not just psychology’s history)?
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a. it enables us to understand the present better
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b. knowing history is the only sure way to predict the future d d d d d d d d d d
c. it prevents us from thinking that things were always much better in the past
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d. it helps us to understand human nature
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3. Early in the chapter, what was the purpose of describing the formation of the
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Association for Psychological Science (APS)?
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a. to show that understanding the present requires knowing the past
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b. to show that the most important reason for studying history is to be able to
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predict the future
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c. to show that psychology can never be a unified discipline
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d. to show that most research psychologists know little and care little about history
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4. What was the purpose of the Boorstin quote from his essay The Prison of the Present?
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a. to show that a full understanding of the present requires knowing the past
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b. to show that the most important reason for studying history is to be able to
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predict the future
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c. to show that knowing history prevents us from thinking that things
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were always better in the past than they are now
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d. to show that most psychologists prefer to live in the past
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5. Which of the following is the least valuable reason for studying psychology’s history?
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a. it will enable us to avoid the mistakes of the past
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b. it will help synthesize the content learned in other psychology courses
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c. it helps enable us better understand the present status of psychology
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d. issues of importance 100 years ago are still important today
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6. Furumoto’s concept of “old” history is characterized by
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a. internal history d
, Goodwin History, 5e
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b. naturalistic history d
c. an emphasis on historical context
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d. historicism
7. Furumoto’s concept of “new” history is characterized by
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a. internal history d
b. personalistic history d
c. an emphasis on the history of ideas
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d. historicism
8. Someone taking an “old” history stance would, according to Furumoto, be likely to say
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that
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a. Jones’s 1920 study is important because it anticipated Smith’s 1997 research
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b. the history of psychology is, in essence, the history of great psychologists
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c. modern psychology has progressed significantly from the days of the introspective
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d analysis
d. all of these
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, Goodwin History, 5e d d 1-4
9. Old history thinking typically includes
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a. origin myths d
b. emphasizing the zeitgeist d d
c. historicist rather than presentist views d d d d
d. denying the importance of history d d d d
10. Tracing modern experimental social psychology to Triplett’s 1898 study that
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simulated competition among cyclists is an example of
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a. the importance of the zeitgeist
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b. an eponym d
c. an origin myth d d
d. a multiple d
11. Which of the following is true about an origin myth in psychology?
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a. it usually describes events that never actually happened
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b. it falsely gives credit to a discovery to person X when person Y in fact
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anticipated the discovery some years before person X
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c. it glorifies the zeitgeist at the expense of failing to recognize the value of
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individual genius
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d. it gives the false impression of a clear starting point for a scientific
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approach to some area of psychology
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12. If you accuse someone of being excessively “presentist,” it means that this person
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a. believes the present can only be understood by understanding the past
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b. thinks the past should be evaluated by using the standards of the present
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c. believes history is of no importance at all to the present
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d. thinks the present can be understood (it is happening now); the past can never be
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understood
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13. Someone taking a naturalistic approach to history would say
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a. Darwin revolutionized biology; the 19th century would have been
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completely different without him
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b. history changes because special people (e.g., Einstein) force history to change
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c. I’m not at all surprised that two people (Darwin & Wallace) thought
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of the idea of natural selection at about the same time
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d. the importance of the zeitgeist has been overstated
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14. Someone taking a naturalistic approach to history would say that
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a. without Descartes, the history of reflex action would be totally different
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b. history changes because of the work of highly creative and forceful individuals
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c. the importance of the zeitgeist has been overstated; people are more important
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d. biography matters, but the zeitgeist is a more critical factor d d d d d d d d d
