A History of Modern Psychology 10e/ Chapter 1
The Study of the History of Psychology.1. Why is it important for psychology students to study the
... [Show More] development of psychology?
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2. Argue that Psychology's roots began 2000 years ago. Now argue that they began 200 years ago. What
fields came together to form Psychology?
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3. Define historiography. How do the data of history differ from the data of science? Name and describe the
three major difficulties involved in recalling and presenting the data of history.
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4. Discuss and give one example of each of the contextual forces that influenced the development of
psychology.
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5. Describe, compare, and contrast the personalistic and naturalistic theories as conceptions of scientific
history. How could the contributions of Darwin be used to illustrate both?
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6. Define "school of thought" and discuss it in terms of Thomas Kuhn's concept of paradigms in scientific
evolution.
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7. Psychology is unique among the sciences in its requirement that its students ____.
a. have a minor in the natural sciences
b. learn the experimental method
c. use carefully controlled observations in its procedures
d. study the history of psychology
e. have a liberal arts background in the humanities
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8. What conclusions can be drawn from the study of the Invisible Gorilla?
a. All psychology students can multitask when presented with multiple stimuli at one time
b. Extraordinary events can induce extreme stress when presented to unsuspecting people
c. It is difficult for people to pay attention to more than one stimulus at a time
d. Doing homework and watching television at the same time are as efficient as if the two are
done separately
e. Counting can be a difficult task when one is being watched
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9. Division ____ of the American Psychological Association is concerned with the study of the discipline's
history.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 26
d. 32
e. 42
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10. In what year was the American Psychological Association founded?
a. 1892
b. 1932
c. 1952
d. 1969
e. 1979
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11. Psychology is marked by diversity and divisiveness. The one aspect of the discipline that provides
cohesiveness and a common ground for discourse is its ____.
a. reliance on the experimental method in all its research
b. focus on the study of overt behavior
c. use of the hypothetico-deductive method
d. national organizations (APA and APS)
e. history
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