ch 1: intro to psychologys history

Question 1

why do we study history?

Answer 1

avoid mistakes of the past and guide to the future

Question 2

what does it mean if the more you study history, the more you realize how little you know

Answer 2

humility

Question 3

what does it mean if “we’re living in the best of times but if you never studied history, you would never know that this is the best of times

Answer 3

avoiding the illusion of decline

Question 4

what is the origin myth process

Answer 4

history is selectively written to make it seem like psychology was always a win that there were no downfalls but there were, they just hid it.

Question 5

what is more of a collective endeavour, critical and nuanced

Answer 5

new history of psychology

Question 5

three key NEW differences

Answer 5

1. historicist
2. external
3. naturalistic

Question 5

three key OLD differences

Answer 5

1. presentist
2. internal
3. personalistic

Question 6

what is historicism

Answer 6

viewing history from the standpoint of the past

Question 6

what is presentism?

Answer 6

viewing history from the standpoint of the present

Question 6

what is internal history?

Answer 6

internal to a discipline

Question 7

what is external history?

Answer 7

consideration of outside influences

Question 8

personalistic history

Answer 8

actions of the individuals

Question 9

naturalistic history

Answer 9

emphasizes the general intellectual and cultural climate

Question 10

what does ZEITGEIST mean?

Answer 10

spirit of the time

Question 11

historiography

Answer 11

the body of historical work

Question 12

what are some challenges with data selection ?

Answer 12

• the challenge is knowing which sources to take because new data sources are discovered and must be updated to secondary sources like textbooks.
• humans can be bias and ignorant about topics.

Question 13

what is it called when two or more people make a discovery at the same time? also Darwinian theory

Answer 13

a “multiple”

Question 14

what did Ebbinghaus say in 1908?

Answer 14

“Psychology has a long past, yet its history is short”