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3 Parts of Natural Selection
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3 Parts of Natural Selection
Heredity, Variations, Differential Reproduction/Selection
Evolutionary Theory
Universal signals, Innate emotions
Who was Leo Tolstoy?
Russian authorVeteran of the Crimean war"War and Peace"-> Zeitgeist theory
Pattern in history?
Different point of views:Clycial HypothesisLinear-Progressive HypothesisChaos Hypothesis
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Karl Popper
He rejected the Induction in favour of empirical falsification(it just can be falsified)
Thomas Kuhn
-Science Underdog periodic paradigm Shifts-Scientific truth cannot be established by objective criteria but is defined by a consensus
of a scientific community-Competing (antreten, konkurrieren) paradidms are incommensurable(nicht vergleichbar)
Paul Feyerabend
Against Method:-anarchistic(herrschaftslos) view of science -there are no universal methodes!-Pluralism is good for new knowledge-
Science has to change the methods-
What is Histography of Science?
The methods of the History of Science
How do we know things from the scientific history? What should we consider?
1.Great man approach (individuals)2.-Personae(values and methods of significant individuals because they represent prototypes of
research in the field)-Factories(particular location or institution)-Schools(share common values or methods)
Three forms of Psychology
Academic: scientific ProfessionalPopular Psychology
1. “It is clear, then, that the idea of a fixed method, or of a fixed theory or rationality, rests on too naive a
view of man and his social surroundings. To those who look at the rich material provided by history, and
who are not intent on impoverishing it in order to please their lower instincts, their craving for intellectual
security in the form of clarity, precision, "objectivity", "truth", it will become clear that there is only one
principle that can be defended under all circumstances and in all stages of human development. It is the
principle: anything goes.”
Feyerabend
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2. “Without commitment to a paradigm there can be no science... the study of paradigms is what prepares
a student for membership in a particular scientific community. Men whose research is based on shared
paradigms are committed to the same rules and standards for scientific practice. That commitment and the
apparent consensus it produces are prerequisites for normal science, i.e., for the genesis and continuation
of a particular research tradition. ...scientific revolutions are inaugurated by a growing sense that an
existing paradigm has ceased to function adequately in the exploration of an aspect of nature.”
Kuhn
“The game of science is, in principle, without end. He who decides one day that scientific statements do
not call for any further test, and that they can be regarded as finally verified, retires from the game.”
Popper
the study of individual biographies is an appropriate and common method
in the history of science ?
True
b. the concept of “scientific personae” in the history of science refers to how
specific individuals may be studied to understand the prototypical values and
practices of a scientific field ?
Ture
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History of Psychology
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3 Parts of Natural Selection
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3 Parts of Natural Selection
Heredity, Variations, Differential Reproduction/Selection
Evolutionary Theory
Universal signals, Innate emotions
Who was Leo Tolstoy?
Russian authorVeteran of the Crimean war"War and Peace"-> Zeitgeist theory
Pattern in history?
Different point of views:Clycial HypothesisLinear-Progressive HypothesisChaos Hypothesis
https://studylib.net/flashcards/set/history-of-psychology_188969 1/21
,4/29/26, 9:29 PM History of Psychology Test and Flashcards
Karl Popper
He rejected the Induction in favour of empirical falsification(it just can be falsified)
Thomas Kuhn
-Science Underdog periodic paradigm Shifts-Scientific truth cannot be established by objective criteria but is defined by a consensus
of a scientific community-Competing (antreten, konkurrieren) paradidms are incommensurable(nicht vergleichbar)
Paul Feyerabend
Against Method:-anarchistic(herrschaftslos) view of science -there are no universal methodes!-Pluralism is good for new knowledge-
Science has to change the methods-
What is Histography of Science?
The methods of the History of Science
How do we know things from the scientific history? What should we consider?
1.Great man approach (individuals)2.-Personae(values and methods of significant individuals because they represent prototypes of
research in the field)-Factories(particular location or institution)-Schools(share common values or methods)
Three forms of Psychology
Academic: scientific ProfessionalPopular Psychology
1. “It is clear, then, that the idea of a fixed method, or of a fixed theory or rationality, rests on too naive a
view of man and his social surroundings. To those who look at the rich material provided by history, and
who are not intent on impoverishing it in order to please their lower instincts, their craving for intellectual
security in the form of clarity, precision, "objectivity", "truth", it will become clear that there is only one
principle that can be defended under all circumstances and in all stages of human development. It is the
principle: anything goes.”
Feyerabend
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2. “Without commitment to a paradigm there can be no science... the study of paradigms is what prepares
a student for membership in a particular scientific community. Men whose research is based on shared
paradigms are committed to the same rules and standards for scientific practice. That commitment and the
apparent consensus it produces are prerequisites for normal science, i.e., for the genesis and continuation
of a particular research tradition. ...scientific revolutions are inaugurated by a growing sense that an
existing paradigm has ceased to function adequately in the exploration of an aspect of nature.”
Kuhn
“The game of science is, in principle, without end. He who decides one day that scientific statements do
not call for any further test, and that they can be regarded as finally verified, retires from the game.”
Popper
the study of individual biographies is an appropriate and common method
in the history of science ?
True
b. the concept of “scientific personae” in the history of science refers to how
specific individuals may be studied to understand the prototypical values and
practices of a scientific field ?
Ture
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