Test Bank for A His
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tory of Modern Psy
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chology, 5e James
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Goodwin (All Cha # #
pters)
,Test#Bank—Chapter#1 Goodwin#History,#5e 1-1
I. #Multiple#Choice
NOTE:# The#following#items#also#appear#in#the#online#study#guide#that#is#available#to#students:#
2,#6,#14,#24,#28,#39
1. Robert#Watson#was#instrumental#in#developing#interest#in#psychology’s#history#in#the#1960s.#During#this#time#he
#accomplished#all#of#the#following#except
a. played#a#key#role#in#forming#APA’s#Division#26#(on#history)
b. was#first#Director#of#doctoral#program#in#psychology’s#history#at#UNH
c. established#and#became#the#first#director#of#the#Archives#of#the#History#of#American#Psychology
d. had#a#key#role#in#forming#Cheiron
2. Which#of#the#following#is#the#least#important#reason#for#studying#history#(in#general,#not#just#psychology’s#
history)?
a. it#enables#us#to#understand#the#present#better
b. knowing#history#is#the#only#sure#way#to#predict#the#future
c. it#prevents#us#from#thinking#that#things#were#always#much#better#in#the#past
d. it#helps#us#to#understand#human#nature
3. Early#in#the#chapter,#what#was#the#purpose#of#describing#the#formation#of#the#Association#for#Psychological
#Science#(APS)?
a. to#show#that#understanding#the#present#requires#knowing#the#past
b. to#show#that#the#most#important#reason#for#studying#history#is#to#be#able#to#predict#the#future
c. to#show#that#psychology#can#never#be#a#unified#discipline
d. to#show#that#most#research#psychologists#know#little#and#care#little#about#history
4. What#was#the#purpose#of#the#Boorstin#quote#from#his#essay#The#Prison#of#the#Present?
a. to#show#that#a#full#understanding#of#the#present#requires#knowing#the#past
b. to#show#that#the#most#important#reason#for#studying#history#is#to#be#able#to#predict#the#future
c. to#show#that#knowing#history#prevents#us#from#thinking#that#things#were#always#better#in#the
#past#than#they#are#now
d. to#show#that#most#psychologists#prefer#to#live#in#the#past
5. Which#of#the#following#is#the#least#valuable#reason#for#studying#psychology’s#history?
a. it#will#enable#us#to#avoid#the#mistakes#of#the#past
b. it#will#help#synthesize#the#content#learned#in#other#psychology#courses
c. it#helps#enable#us#better#understand#the#present#status#of#psychology
d. issues#of#importance#100#years#ago#are#still#important#today
6. Furumoto’s#concept#of#“old”#history#is#characterized#by
a. internal#history
b. naturalistic#history
c. an#emphasis#on#historical#context
d. historicism
7. Furumoto’s#concept#of#“new”#history#is#characterized#by
a. internal#history
b. personalistic#history
c. an#emphasis#on#the#history#of#ideas
d. historicism
8. Someone#taking#an#“old”#history#stance#would,#according#to#Furumoto,#be#likely#to#say# that
a. Jones’s#1920#study#is#important#because#it#anticipated#Smith’s#1997#research
b. the#history#of#psychology#is,#in#essence,#the#history#of#great#psychologists
c. modern#psychology#has#progressed#significantly#from#the#days#of#the#introspective#analysis
d. all#of#these
,Test#Bank—Chapter#1 Goodwin#History,#5e 1-2
9. Old#history#thinking#typically#includes
a. origin#myths
b. emphasizing#the#zeitgeist
c. historicist#rather#than#presentist#views
d. denying#the#importance#of#history
10. Tracing#modern#experimental#social#psychology#to#Triplett’s#1898#study#that#simulated#competition#among
#cyclists#is#an#example#of
a. the#importance#of#the#zeitgeist
b. an#eponym
c. an#origin#myth
d. a#multiple
11. Which#of#the#following#is#true#about#an#origin#myth#in#psychology?
a. it#usually#describes#events#that#never#actually#happened
b. it#falsely#gives#credit#to#a#discovery#to#person#X#when#person#Y#in#fact#anticipated#the#discovery#
some#years#before#person#X
c. it#glorifies#the#zeitgeist#at#the#expense#of#failing#to#recognize#the#value#of#individual#genius
d. it#gives#the#false#impression#of#a#clear#starting#point#for#a#scientific#approach#to#some#area#of#
psychology
12. If#you#accuse#someone#of#being#excessively#“presentist,”#it#means#that#this#person
a. believes#the#present#can#only#be#understood#by#understanding#the#past
b. thinks#the#past#should#be#evaluated#by#using#the#standards#of#the#present
c. believes#history#is#of#no#importance#at#all#to#the#present
d. thinks#the#present#can#be#understood#(it#is#happening#now);#the#past#can#never#be#understood
13. Someone#taking#a#naturalistic#approach#to#history#would#say
a. Darwin#revolutionized#biology;#the#19th#century#would#have#been#completely#different#without
#him
b. history#changes#because#special#people#(e.g.,#Einstein)#force#history#to#change
c. I’m#not#at#all#surprised#that#two#people#(Darwin#&#Wallace)#thought#of#the#idea#of#natural
#selection#at#about#the#same#time
d. the#importance#of#the#zeitgeist#has#been#overstated
14. Someone#taking#a#naturalistic#approach#to#history#would#say#that
a. without#Descartes,#the#history#of#reflex#action#would#be#totally#different
b. history#changes#because#of#the#work#of#highly#creative#and#forceful#individuals
c. the#importance#of#the#zeitgeist#has#been#overstated;#people#are#more#important
d. biography#matters,#but#the#zeitgeist#is#a#more#critical#factor
15. The#existence#of#“multiples”#supports#which#of#the#following?
a. naturalistic#approach
b. internal#approach
c. personalistic#approach
d. presentist#approach
16. The#existence#of#“multiples”
a. refutes#the#idea#that#the#zeitgeist#is#important
b. supports#a#naturalistic#more#than#a#personalistic#viewpoint
c. supports#a#personalistic#more#than#a#naturalistic#viewpoint
d. demonstrates#the#dangers#of#presentism
, Test#Bank—Chapter#1 Goodwin#History,#5e 1-3
17. According#to#a#historicist#approach#to#history,
a. the#past#should#be#understood#with#reference#to#the#values#and#understandings#of#the#past
b. the#past#should#be#evaluated#by#using#the#standards#of#the#present
c. the#present#can#only#be#understood#by#knowing#the#past
d. the#present#can#be#understood#because#it#is#happening#now,#but#the#past#can#never#be
#understood
18. Someone#taking#a#personalistic#approach#to#history#would#say#that
a. without#Descartes,#the#history#of#reflex#action#would#be#totally#different
b. the#importance#of#the#zeitgeist#has#been#overstated
c. both#without#Descartes,#the#history#of#reflex#action#would#be#totally#different#and#the#importance#of#the#
zeitgeist#has#been#overstated
d. none#of#these
19. In#contrasting#“old”#and#“new”#history,#Furumoto#described#the#old#way#of#doing#history#as
a. historicist,#internal,#and#presentist
b. external,#presentist,#and#naturalistic
c. personalistic,#internal,#and#presentist
d. contextual,#presentist,#and#personalistic
20. Which#of#the#following#is#true#about#an#external#history#of#psychology?
a. it#examines#the#influence#of#such#things#as#the#social#and#political#context#in#which
#important#events#occurred
b. it#emphasizes#the#importance#of#how#theories#evolve#(that#is,#an#external#history#is#a
#history#of#ideas)
c. it#emphasizes#the#accomplishments#of#great#individuals
d. it#evaluates#the#past#with#reference#to#present#knowledge#and#values
21. Someone#arguing#for#the#importance#of#the#zeitgeist
a. prefers#a#personalistic#rather#than#a#naturalistIc#history
b. believes#that#“the#men#make#the#times”
c. emphasizes#the#importance#of#history’s#“multiples”
d. believes#that#the#social#and#political#context#is#not#relevant
22. To#say#that#“without#Descartes,#the#history#of#reflex#action#would#be#totally#different”#is#to#take#a
a. contextual#approach#to#history
b. naturalistic#view#of#history
c. personalistic#view#of#history
d. presentist#approach#of#history
23. Compared#to#the#“new”#history,#the#“old,”#traditional#way#of#looking#at#psychology’s#history#is#characterized#
by
a. a#historicist#approach
b. a#naturalistic#approach
c. an#internal#approach
d. a#contextual#approach
24. When#reading#about#Goddard#and#the#immigrants,#someone#taking#a#presentist#approach#would
a. emphasize#how#Goddard#and#others#were#affected#by#the#theory#of#evolution
b. try#to#understand#the#zeitgeist
c. concentrate#on#understanding#the#mental#processes#involved#in#scoring#well#on#an#IQ#test
d. criticize#Goddard#for#failing#to#recognize#the#importance#of#an#immigrant’s#cultural#background
# # # #
tory of Modern Psy
# # #
chology, 5e James
# # #
Goodwin (All Cha # #
pters)
,Test#Bank—Chapter#1 Goodwin#History,#5e 1-1
I. #Multiple#Choice
NOTE:# The#following#items#also#appear#in#the#online#study#guide#that#is#available#to#students:#
2,#6,#14,#24,#28,#39
1. Robert#Watson#was#instrumental#in#developing#interest#in#psychology’s#history#in#the#1960s.#During#this#time#he
#accomplished#all#of#the#following#except
a. played#a#key#role#in#forming#APA’s#Division#26#(on#history)
b. was#first#Director#of#doctoral#program#in#psychology’s#history#at#UNH
c. established#and#became#the#first#director#of#the#Archives#of#the#History#of#American#Psychology
d. had#a#key#role#in#forming#Cheiron
2. Which#of#the#following#is#the#least#important#reason#for#studying#history#(in#general,#not#just#psychology’s#
history)?
a. it#enables#us#to#understand#the#present#better
b. knowing#history#is#the#only#sure#way#to#predict#the#future
c. it#prevents#us#from#thinking#that#things#were#always#much#better#in#the#past
d. it#helps#us#to#understand#human#nature
3. Early#in#the#chapter,#what#was#the#purpose#of#describing#the#formation#of#the#Association#for#Psychological
#Science#(APS)?
a. to#show#that#understanding#the#present#requires#knowing#the#past
b. to#show#that#the#most#important#reason#for#studying#history#is#to#be#able#to#predict#the#future
c. to#show#that#psychology#can#never#be#a#unified#discipline
d. to#show#that#most#research#psychologists#know#little#and#care#little#about#history
4. What#was#the#purpose#of#the#Boorstin#quote#from#his#essay#The#Prison#of#the#Present?
a. to#show#that#a#full#understanding#of#the#present#requires#knowing#the#past
b. to#show#that#the#most#important#reason#for#studying#history#is#to#be#able#to#predict#the#future
c. to#show#that#knowing#history#prevents#us#from#thinking#that#things#were#always#better#in#the
#past#than#they#are#now
d. to#show#that#most#psychologists#prefer#to#live#in#the#past
5. Which#of#the#following#is#the#least#valuable#reason#for#studying#psychology’s#history?
a. it#will#enable#us#to#avoid#the#mistakes#of#the#past
b. it#will#help#synthesize#the#content#learned#in#other#psychology#courses
c. it#helps#enable#us#better#understand#the#present#status#of#psychology
d. issues#of#importance#100#years#ago#are#still#important#today
6. Furumoto’s#concept#of#“old”#history#is#characterized#by
a. internal#history
b. naturalistic#history
c. an#emphasis#on#historical#context
d. historicism
7. Furumoto’s#concept#of#“new”#history#is#characterized#by
a. internal#history
b. personalistic#history
c. an#emphasis#on#the#history#of#ideas
d. historicism
8. Someone#taking#an#“old”#history#stance#would,#according#to#Furumoto,#be#likely#to#say# that
a. Jones’s#1920#study#is#important#because#it#anticipated#Smith’s#1997#research
b. the#history#of#psychology#is,#in#essence,#the#history#of#great#psychologists
c. modern#psychology#has#progressed#significantly#from#the#days#of#the#introspective#analysis
d. all#of#these
,Test#Bank—Chapter#1 Goodwin#History,#5e 1-2
9. Old#history#thinking#typically#includes
a. origin#myths
b. emphasizing#the#zeitgeist
c. historicist#rather#than#presentist#views
d. denying#the#importance#of#history
10. Tracing#modern#experimental#social#psychology#to#Triplett’s#1898#study#that#simulated#competition#among
#cyclists#is#an#example#of
a. the#importance#of#the#zeitgeist
b. an#eponym
c. an#origin#myth
d. a#multiple
11. Which#of#the#following#is#true#about#an#origin#myth#in#psychology?
a. it#usually#describes#events#that#never#actually#happened
b. it#falsely#gives#credit#to#a#discovery#to#person#X#when#person#Y#in#fact#anticipated#the#discovery#
some#years#before#person#X
c. it#glorifies#the#zeitgeist#at#the#expense#of#failing#to#recognize#the#value#of#individual#genius
d. it#gives#the#false#impression#of#a#clear#starting#point#for#a#scientific#approach#to#some#area#of#
psychology
12. If#you#accuse#someone#of#being#excessively#“presentist,”#it#means#that#this#person
a. believes#the#present#can#only#be#understood#by#understanding#the#past
b. thinks#the#past#should#be#evaluated#by#using#the#standards#of#the#present
c. believes#history#is#of#no#importance#at#all#to#the#present
d. thinks#the#present#can#be#understood#(it#is#happening#now);#the#past#can#never#be#understood
13. Someone#taking#a#naturalistic#approach#to#history#would#say
a. Darwin#revolutionized#biology;#the#19th#century#would#have#been#completely#different#without
#him
b. history#changes#because#special#people#(e.g.,#Einstein)#force#history#to#change
c. I’m#not#at#all#surprised#that#two#people#(Darwin#&#Wallace)#thought#of#the#idea#of#natural
#selection#at#about#the#same#time
d. the#importance#of#the#zeitgeist#has#been#overstated
14. Someone#taking#a#naturalistic#approach#to#history#would#say#that
a. without#Descartes,#the#history#of#reflex#action#would#be#totally#different
b. history#changes#because#of#the#work#of#highly#creative#and#forceful#individuals
c. the#importance#of#the#zeitgeist#has#been#overstated;#people#are#more#important
d. biography#matters,#but#the#zeitgeist#is#a#more#critical#factor
15. The#existence#of#“multiples”#supports#which#of#the#following?
a. naturalistic#approach
b. internal#approach
c. personalistic#approach
d. presentist#approach
16. The#existence#of#“multiples”
a. refutes#the#idea#that#the#zeitgeist#is#important
b. supports#a#naturalistic#more#than#a#personalistic#viewpoint
c. supports#a#personalistic#more#than#a#naturalistic#viewpoint
d. demonstrates#the#dangers#of#presentism
, Test#Bank—Chapter#1 Goodwin#History,#5e 1-3
17. According#to#a#historicist#approach#to#history,
a. the#past#should#be#understood#with#reference#to#the#values#and#understandings#of#the#past
b. the#past#should#be#evaluated#by#using#the#standards#of#the#present
c. the#present#can#only#be#understood#by#knowing#the#past
d. the#present#can#be#understood#because#it#is#happening#now,#but#the#past#can#never#be
#understood
18. Someone#taking#a#personalistic#approach#to#history#would#say#that
a. without#Descartes,#the#history#of#reflex#action#would#be#totally#different
b. the#importance#of#the#zeitgeist#has#been#overstated
c. both#without#Descartes,#the#history#of#reflex#action#would#be#totally#different#and#the#importance#of#the#
zeitgeist#has#been#overstated
d. none#of#these
19. In#contrasting#“old”#and#“new”#history,#Furumoto#described#the#old#way#of#doing#history#as
a. historicist,#internal,#and#presentist
b. external,#presentist,#and#naturalistic
c. personalistic,#internal,#and#presentist
d. contextual,#presentist,#and#personalistic
20. Which#of#the#following#is#true#about#an#external#history#of#psychology?
a. it#examines#the#influence#of#such#things#as#the#social#and#political#context#in#which
#important#events#occurred
b. it#emphasizes#the#importance#of#how#theories#evolve#(that#is,#an#external#history#is#a
#history#of#ideas)
c. it#emphasizes#the#accomplishments#of#great#individuals
d. it#evaluates#the#past#with#reference#to#present#knowledge#and#values
21. Someone#arguing#for#the#importance#of#the#zeitgeist
a. prefers#a#personalistic#rather#than#a#naturalistIc#history
b. believes#that#“the#men#make#the#times”
c. emphasizes#the#importance#of#history’s#“multiples”
d. believes#that#the#social#and#political#context#is#not#relevant
22. To#say#that#“without#Descartes,#the#history#of#reflex#action#would#be#totally#different”#is#to#take#a
a. contextual#approach#to#history
b. naturalistic#view#of#history
c. personalistic#view#of#history
d. presentist#approach#of#history
23. Compared#to#the#“new”#history,#the#“old,”#traditional#way#of#looking#at#psychology’s#history#is#characterized#
by
a. a#historicist#approach
b. a#naturalistic#approach
c. an#internal#approach
d. a#contextual#approach
24. When#reading#about#Goddard#and#the#immigrants,#someone#taking#a#presentist#approach#would
a. emphasize#how#Goddard#and#others#were#affected#by#the#theory#of#evolution
b. try#to#understand#the#zeitgeist
c. concentrate#on#understanding#the#mental#processes#involved#in#scoring#well#on#an#IQ#test
d. criticize#Goddard#for#failing#to#recognize#the#importance#of#an#immigrant’s#cultural#background
