History Of Modern Psychology Quiz
Questions And Answers
Historiography - CORRECT ANSWER-The principes, methods, and philosophical issues of historical
research
Zeitgeist - CORRECT ANSWER-The intellectual and cultural climate or spirit of the times. Jobs, war,
prejudice and discrimination(gender, race, ethnicity).
Personalistic History - CORRECT ANSWER-The view that progress and change in scientific history are
attributable to the ideas of unique individuals
Naturalistic theory - CORRECT ANSWER-The view that progress and change in scientific history are
attributable to the Zeitgeist, chi makes a culture receptive to some ideas but not to others
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER-E.B. Tichener's system of psychology, which dealt with conscious
experience as dependent on experiencing persons
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER-A System of psychology concerned with the mind as it it used in
organisms adaption to its environment
Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER-Watson's science of behavior which dealt solely with observable
behavioral acts that could be described in objective terms
Gastalt Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-A system of psychology that focuses largely on leaning and
perception, suggesting that combining sensory element produces new patterns with properties that did
not exist in the individual elements
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER-Sigmund Freud's theory of personality and system of psychotherapy
Humanistic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-A system of psychology that emphasizes the study on
conscious experience and the wholeness of human nature
, Cognitive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-A system of psychology that focuses on the process of
knowing, on how the mind actively organizes experiences
WhyhIshIthImportanthforhPsychologyhStudentshtohStudyhthehDevelopmenthofhPsychology?h-
hCORRECThANSWER-Alwayshgoodhtohknowhthehbackgroundhonhthehtopichinhwhichhyouharehstudying
ArguehThathPsychology'shRootshBeganh2000hYearshAgo.hNowhArguehThathTheyhBeganh200hYearshAgo.hWhat
hFieldshCamehTogetherhtohFormhPsychologyh-hCORRECThANSWER-
Ithisheasyhtohlookhbackhandhbelievehthathpsychologyhbeganh2,000hyearshago.hThishishbecausehwehcanhlookhat
hancienthphilosophershandhseehwherehtheyhwerehbeginninghtohthinkhabouththingshsuchhashmentalhillness.hT
herehishhardlyhanyhwrittenhevidencehofhthis,hhowever,hwehareharehablehtohlookhaththingshsuchhashfossilshand
hseehthathevenh2,000htheyhwerehdoinghsurgeryhonhthehbrainshofhpeoplehtohtryhtohfigurehouthwhaththehissueh
was.hAlthoughhithishclearhthathinhancienthtimeshpeoplehwerehnothknowledgeablehonhwhathmentalhillnesshw
as,hithishclearhthaththeyhknewhthathpsychologicalhissueshwerehreal.hOnhthehotherhhand,hithcanhbeharguedhtha
thpsychologyhonlyhbeganh200hyearshago.hIthwashabouth200hyearshagohwhenhtwohfields,hphilosophyhandhphy
siologyhcombinedhtohformhwhathishknownhashmodernhpsychology.hWhetherhpsychologyhbeganh2000hyearsh
agohorh200hyearshagohdependshonehwhathoneshdefinitionhofhpsychologyhis.
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ultieshInvolvedhinhRecallinghandhPresentinghthehDatahofhHistoryh-hCORRECThANSWER-
Therehishmuchhdatahandhresearchhonhthehfieldhofhhistoryhashwellhashthehfieldhofhscience,hhowever,htherehar
ehveryhlargehdifferenceshwhenhwehlookhaththehdata.hWhenhwehlookinghathsciencehwehseehthathithishahveryhc
ontrolledhfieldhandhexperimentshandhideashcanhbehtriedhoverhandhoverhandhinhmanyhdifferenthways.hOnehs
cientisthcouldhdohanhexperimenthonehwayhandhthenhanotherhcouldhcomehalonghandhreconstructhithanother
hway.hOnhthehotherhhandhwhenhlookinghathhistory,hthesehthingsharehnothablehtohbehreconstructed.hOnehcan
nothchangehwhaththehhistoryhtellshorhorhreconstructhit.hThereharehthreehmajorhdifficultieshwhenhithcomesht
ohlookinghaththehdatahofhhistory.hThehfirsthishthaththerehhashbeenhmuchhwrittenhhistoryhthathhashbeenheithe
rhlosthorhevenhdestroyed.hThishcouldhcomehfromhithbeinghpassedhalonghsohfrequentlyhorhcouldhcomehfromhn
aturalhdisasters.hSecondly,hhistoryhdatahcouldhhaveheasilyhbeenhmisconstruedhthroughhmanyhdifferenthtra
nslations.hLastly,hthehrecordedhhistoryhcouldhveryheasilyhbehself-
serving.hMuchhofhthehhistoryhrecordedhcouldhbehsubjectivehandhonlyhforhonehpersonshperspective.hIthcould
hbehrecordedhinhahwayhthathwouldhgreatlyhbenefiththehwriterhorhinhahwayhthathwouldhonlyhmakehsensehafte
rhknowinghthehcontexthinhwhichhithwashwritten.
Whenhwritinghhistory,hahfocushonhthehdevelopmenthofhideashinhtheirhintellectualhandhdisciplinaryhcontexthi
shreferredhtohash________________,hwhilehahfocushonhthehinfluencehofhsocialhandhpoliticalhfactorshonhtheh
developmenthofhideashishreferredhtohash_________________.h-hCORRECThANSWER-
Internalism,hexternalism.
Questions And Answers
Historiography - CORRECT ANSWER-The principes, methods, and philosophical issues of historical
research
Zeitgeist - CORRECT ANSWER-The intellectual and cultural climate or spirit of the times. Jobs, war,
prejudice and discrimination(gender, race, ethnicity).
Personalistic History - CORRECT ANSWER-The view that progress and change in scientific history are
attributable to the ideas of unique individuals
Naturalistic theory - CORRECT ANSWER-The view that progress and change in scientific history are
attributable to the Zeitgeist, chi makes a culture receptive to some ideas but not to others
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER-E.B. Tichener's system of psychology, which dealt with conscious
experience as dependent on experiencing persons
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER-A System of psychology concerned with the mind as it it used in
organisms adaption to its environment
Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER-Watson's science of behavior which dealt solely with observable
behavioral acts that could be described in objective terms
Gastalt Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-A system of psychology that focuses largely on leaning and
perception, suggesting that combining sensory element produces new patterns with properties that did
not exist in the individual elements
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER-Sigmund Freud's theory of personality and system of psychotherapy
Humanistic psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-A system of psychology that emphasizes the study on
conscious experience and the wholeness of human nature
, Cognitive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER-A system of psychology that focuses on the process of
knowing, on how the mind actively organizes experiences
WhyhIshIthImportanthforhPsychologyhStudentshtohStudyhthehDevelopmenthofhPsychology?h-
hCORRECThANSWER-Alwayshgoodhtohknowhthehbackgroundhonhthehtopichinhwhichhyouharehstudying
ArguehThathPsychology'shRootshBeganh2000hYearshAgo.hNowhArguehThathTheyhBeganh200hYearshAgo.hWhat
hFieldshCamehTogetherhtohFormhPsychologyh-hCORRECThANSWER-
Ithisheasyhtohlookhbackhandhbelievehthathpsychologyhbeganh2,000hyearshago.hThishishbecausehwehcanhlookhat
hancienthphilosophershandhseehwherehtheyhwerehbeginninghtohthinkhabouththingshsuchhashmentalhillness.hT
herehishhardlyhanyhwrittenhevidencehofhthis,hhowever,hwehareharehablehtohlookhaththingshsuchhashfossilshand
hseehthathevenh2,000htheyhwerehdoinghsurgeryhonhthehbrainshofhpeoplehtohtryhtohfigurehouthwhaththehissueh
was.hAlthoughhithishclearhthathinhancienthtimeshpeoplehwerehnothknowledgeablehonhwhathmentalhillnesshw
as,hithishclearhthaththeyhknewhthathpsychologicalhissueshwerehreal.hOnhthehotherhhand,hithcanhbeharguedhtha
thpsychologyhonlyhbeganh200hyearshago.hIthwashabouth200hyearshagohwhenhtwohfields,hphilosophyhandhphy
siologyhcombinedhtohformhwhathishknownhashmodernhpsychology.hWhetherhpsychologyhbeganh2000hyearsh
agohorh200hyearshagohdependshonehwhathoneshdefinitionhofhpsychologyhis.
HowhDohthehDatahofhHistoryhDifferhFromhthehDatahofhScience?hNamehandhDescribehthehThreehMajorhDiffic
ultieshInvolvedhinhRecallinghandhPresentinghthehDatahofhHistoryh-hCORRECThANSWER-
Therehishmuchhdatahandhresearchhonhthehfieldhofhhistoryhashwellhashthehfieldhofhscience,hhowever,htherehar
ehveryhlargehdifferenceshwhenhwehlookhaththehdata.hWhenhwehlookinghathsciencehwehseehthathithishahveryhc
ontrolledhfieldhandhexperimentshandhideashcanhbehtriedhoverhandhoverhandhinhmanyhdifferenthways.hOnehs
cientisthcouldhdohanhexperimenthonehwayhandhthenhanotherhcouldhcomehalonghandhreconstructhithanother
hway.hOnhthehotherhhandhwhenhlookinghathhistory,hthesehthingsharehnothablehtohbehreconstructed.hOnehcan
nothchangehwhaththehhistoryhtellshorhorhreconstructhit.hThereharehthreehmajorhdifficultieshwhenhithcomesht
ohlookinghaththehdatahofhhistory.hThehfirsthishthaththerehhashbeenhmuchhwrittenhhistoryhthathhashbeenheithe
rhlosthorhevenhdestroyed.hThishcouldhcomehfromhithbeinghpassedhalonghsohfrequentlyhorhcouldhcomehfromhn
aturalhdisasters.hSecondly,hhistoryhdatahcouldhhaveheasilyhbeenhmisconstruedhthroughhmanyhdifferenthtra
nslations.hLastly,hthehrecordedhhistoryhcouldhveryheasilyhbehself-
serving.hMuchhofhthehhistoryhrecordedhcouldhbehsubjectivehandhonlyhforhonehpersonshperspective.hIthcould
hbehrecordedhinhahwayhthathwouldhgreatlyhbenefiththehwriterhorhinhahwayhthathwouldhonlyhmakehsensehafte
rhknowinghthehcontexthinhwhichhithwashwritten.
Whenhwritinghhistory,hahfocushonhthehdevelopmenthofhideashinhtheirhintellectualhandhdisciplinaryhcontexthi
shreferredhtohash________________,hwhilehahfocushonhthehinfluencehofhsocialhandhpoliticalhfactorshonhtheh
developmenthofhideashishreferredhtohash_________________.h-hCORRECThANSWER-
Internalism,hexternalism.
