Deck 1: Introduction

Question 1

Historiography concerns the strategy of writing a history of anything.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

It is relatively easy to establish the reliability and validity of accounts of historical events.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The interpretation of historical events is basically a subjective process.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Fads are far more common in science than in history.

Question 5

There are objective criteria for selecting particular events for inclusion in historical accounts.

Question 6

The term "Ortgeist" refers to the spirit of a place (during a particular time).

Question 7

Internal history recounts events in a certain domain while external history relates events to what is going on in other domains.

Question 8

Presentism means discussing historical events in terms of current concerns while historicism means placing past events into their context at the time they occurred.

Question 9

A definitive history can be written of past events.

Question 10

Most licensing and certification agencies require professional practicing psychologists to have some knowledge of the history of psychology.

Question 11

Historiography can provide valid and reliable bases for

A) none of these
B) selection of particular events to discuss
C) the interpretation of past events
D) decisions about the "importance" of past events

Question 12

Presentism vs. historicism concerns

A) the context within which to view historical events
B) internal vs. external history
C) the Zeitgeist vs. the Great Individual
D) independent and dependent variables

Question 13

Which of the following are available as resources for historians of psychology?

A) both c and d
B) neither c nor d
C) journals such as History of Psychology and Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
D) the Archives of the History of Psychology at the University of Akron

Question 14

Exposure to the history of psychology is

A) required for licensure or certification in most states
B) irrelevant for the practice of psychology
C) essential for all psychologists because it helps them in their everyday practice
D) irrelevant for researchers in behavioral science

Question 15

Among the LESS convincing arguments for study of the history of psychology is that it

A) is traditional to do so
B) can show how contemporary subfields are related
C) can provide humility and perspective
D) can help avoid errors made in the past

Question 16

Among the MORE convincing arguments for study of the history of psychology is

A) all of these
B) some past minds have had great thoughts
C) it can help integrate a diverse field
D) it can free one from being a victim of the past

Question 17

Which of the following possible approaches to the history of psychology have not yet been used?

A) none of these; they have all been used
B) anthologies
C) biographies
D) histories of psychological organizations

Question 18

There are good criteria for

A) none of these
B) selecting particular events to include in a history
C) the interpretation of past events
D) writing a definitive history of a past event

Question 19

The senior author of this text

A) wrote a dissertation on psychophysics
B) was trained primarily as a clinical psychologist
C) works primarily in the practice of psychology
D) argues that clinical intuition is more relevant than empirical data for deciding what to believe

Question 20

Historical accounts

A) neither c nor d
B) both c and d
C) are rarely, if ever, biased
D) are based on the same epistemological evidence as scientific accounts

Question 21

Contrast historical and scientific "truth."

Question 22

What are reliability and validity?

Question 23

What is meant by Zeitgeist, Ortgeist, and Great Individual?

Question 24

Distinguish between internal and external history.

Question 25

Distinguish between presentism and historicism.

Question 26

Briefly summarize the senior and junior authors' background and perspective.

Question 27

Characterize current interest in the field of the history of psychology compared with the early 21st century.

Question 28

How can study of the history of psychology help current psychologists avoid making common mistakes?

Question 29

What kinds of approaches have been used to highlight the contributions of major past figures to the field?
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Question 30

What are some of the major issues in historiography?

Question 31

Compare and contrast the authors' background and perspective

Question 32

What are some of the resources available for writing the history of psychology?

Question 33

What are some of the MORE convincing arguments for studying the history of psychology?

Question 34

What are some of the LESS convincing arguments for studying the history of psychology?

Question 35

What have been the main strategies in writing the history of psychology?

Question 36

Characterize the organization of this text.