HISTORY OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY
EXAM 1
Why is Psychology considered a science? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Empirical +
Rational
Deterministic: every that occurs is a result of a number of causes. Psychology creates
operational definitions to observe some of these behavioural relationships
What are the older approaches to Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Freud &
Skinner, would have used traditional experiments
Modern Approach - CORRECT ANSWERS-events and people situated into a broader
hisorical context
-what was occuring at the time depended on the interest, such as War (Hysteria -->
PTSD)
Historical Events of the 1960s - CORRECT ANSWERS-Renewed interest in psychology
-Willhelm Wundt -- German education --> US
-Leipzeg (1979)
-1999 APA G. Stanely Hall
-interest in history + psychology
-Clinical psychologist Robert Watson (1980)
Other historical events (1960) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Humanistic psychology
-Maslow
Why is the history of psychology important? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Social scientific
process
Understand how theory + methodology develop
What is Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-a study that constantly changes; just as
human nature is a process of trial-and-error learning. It is the process of studying
ourselves, and observing our historical significance, while creating hypothesis about the
future
APS - CORRECT ANSWERS-American Psychological Association for Science (1988):
area of scientific research. Created knowledge of other significant events (future
experimental)
,APA - CORRECT ANSWERS-American Psychological Association (19th century):
initially the Experimentalists (1904), began in Post-War US, was the professional
practice of Psychology
How old is Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Roughly 130 years in its infancy
Basic study of Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Pavlov:1st half of psychological
years
Modern Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-Heritability of traits
IQ, Personality, Schizophrenia
Nature Nurture (140 years)
AI
Early 21st century Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Lack of Unity
Late 21st Century? - CORRECT ANSWERS-understanding of interconnectedness of
Psychology
Psychological Disorders
Psychotherapy
Hermann Ebbinghaus - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Issues in Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-1980: Stanly Hall Lecture Series (Clarke)
-Functionalism (Ambiguity)
-Freud hated Americans (but so was freud...)
Old Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-Presentist
Internal
Personalistic
New Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-Historicist
External
Naturalistic
Presentism - CORRECT ANSWERS-Only reference modern knowledge/Values
Historicist - CORRECT ANSWERS-Overall content
Contextual approaches
Problems with Presentism - CORRECT ANSWERS-History of IQ testing
Screening Immigrants
Social Darwinism (extremists)
Internal History - CORRECT ANSWERS-Within the context of the study
-laboratory
, Pro: detailed description about evolution of theory/research
Con:ignore external variables/cant control
External History - CORRECT ANSWERS-Outside influencers
-social, economic
Increase in Cognitive Psychology lead to a Decrease in? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Behaviourism
Behaviourism - CORRECT ANSWERS-1930-1960s
-shaping, operant, classical
Problem: 1950s, language and learning inconsistent with child development
External forces created a? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Cognitive Revolution
-Computer Processing Theory
-Memory Research: Flow Charts
Personalistic history - CORRECT ANSWERS-Actions of the individual (Freud) an
Iconoclast
"Greater man theory"
-19th century thought
-Newton, Darwin, Freud, ie Freudian Psychology (eponyms)
Naturalistic - CORRECT ANSWERS-Overall intellectual & cultural climate of a particular
era
-Hegel "Zeitgest"
Historicism - CORRECT ANSWERS-understand events in terms of cumulative
knowledge towards events in the context of the time
Jean Piaget - CORRECT ANSWERS-Nature Nurture
-Experience
-Not interested in Individual differences
-Rationalist: genetically determined
-same stages in same order (no room for variation/outliers)
Founding of Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-1879
-experimental psychology (William james)
-philosophical evolution starting
-the sciences vs philosophy
-changes in education
-wundt
EXAM 1
Why is Psychology considered a science? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Empirical +
Rational
Deterministic: every that occurs is a result of a number of causes. Psychology creates
operational definitions to observe some of these behavioural relationships
What are the older approaches to Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Freud &
Skinner, would have used traditional experiments
Modern Approach - CORRECT ANSWERS-events and people situated into a broader
hisorical context
-what was occuring at the time depended on the interest, such as War (Hysteria -->
PTSD)
Historical Events of the 1960s - CORRECT ANSWERS-Renewed interest in psychology
-Willhelm Wundt -- German education --> US
-Leipzeg (1979)
-1999 APA G. Stanely Hall
-interest in history + psychology
-Clinical psychologist Robert Watson (1980)
Other historical events (1960) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Humanistic psychology
-Maslow
Why is the history of psychology important? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Social scientific
process
Understand how theory + methodology develop
What is Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-a study that constantly changes; just as
human nature is a process of trial-and-error learning. It is the process of studying
ourselves, and observing our historical significance, while creating hypothesis about the
future
APS - CORRECT ANSWERS-American Psychological Association for Science (1988):
area of scientific research. Created knowledge of other significant events (future
experimental)
,APA - CORRECT ANSWERS-American Psychological Association (19th century):
initially the Experimentalists (1904), began in Post-War US, was the professional
practice of Psychology
How old is Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Roughly 130 years in its infancy
Basic study of Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Pavlov:1st half of psychological
years
Modern Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-Heritability of traits
IQ, Personality, Schizophrenia
Nature Nurture (140 years)
AI
Early 21st century Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Lack of Unity
Late 21st Century? - CORRECT ANSWERS-understanding of interconnectedness of
Psychology
Psychological Disorders
Psychotherapy
Hermann Ebbinghaus - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Issues in Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-1980: Stanly Hall Lecture Series (Clarke)
-Functionalism (Ambiguity)
-Freud hated Americans (but so was freud...)
Old Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-Presentist
Internal
Personalistic
New Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-Historicist
External
Naturalistic
Presentism - CORRECT ANSWERS-Only reference modern knowledge/Values
Historicist - CORRECT ANSWERS-Overall content
Contextual approaches
Problems with Presentism - CORRECT ANSWERS-History of IQ testing
Screening Immigrants
Social Darwinism (extremists)
Internal History - CORRECT ANSWERS-Within the context of the study
-laboratory
, Pro: detailed description about evolution of theory/research
Con:ignore external variables/cant control
External History - CORRECT ANSWERS-Outside influencers
-social, economic
Increase in Cognitive Psychology lead to a Decrease in? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Behaviourism
Behaviourism - CORRECT ANSWERS-1930-1960s
-shaping, operant, classical
Problem: 1950s, language and learning inconsistent with child development
External forces created a? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Cognitive Revolution
-Computer Processing Theory
-Memory Research: Flow Charts
Personalistic history - CORRECT ANSWERS-Actions of the individual (Freud) an
Iconoclast
"Greater man theory"
-19th century thought
-Newton, Darwin, Freud, ie Freudian Psychology (eponyms)
Naturalistic - CORRECT ANSWERS-Overall intellectual & cultural climate of a particular
era
-Hegel "Zeitgest"
Historicism - CORRECT ANSWERS-understand events in terms of cumulative
knowledge towards events in the context of the time
Jean Piaget - CORRECT ANSWERS-Nature Nurture
-Experience
-Not interested in Individual differences
-Rationalist: genetically determined
-same stages in same order (no room for variation/outliers)
Founding of Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-1879
-experimental psychology (William james)
-philosophical evolution starting
-the sciences vs philosophy
-changes in education
-wundt
