1.1 What can we learn from studying the history of psychology?
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1.2 Why
can psychologists claim that psychology is one of the oldest scholarly
disciplines as well as one of the newest? Explain why modern psychology
is a product of both nineteenth-century and twentieth-century thought.
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1.3 In what ways do the data of history differ from the data of science? Give examples of how historical data can be distorted.
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1.4 In what ways have contextual forces influenced the development of modern psychology?
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1.5 Describe
the obstacles faced by women, Jews, and African Americans in pursuing
careers in psychology, especially during the first half of the twentieth
century.
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1.6 How
does the process of writing history in any field necessarily restrict
the number of people whose work can be singled out for attention?
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1.7 Describe
the differences between personalistic and naturalistic conceptions of
scientific history. Explain which approach is supported by cases of
simultaneous discovery.
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1.8 What
is the Zeitgeist? How does the Zeitgeist affect the evolution of a
science? Compare the growth of a science with the evolution of a living
species.
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1.9 What
is meant by the term “school of thought”? Has the science of psychology
reached the paradigmatic stage of development? Why or why not?
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1.10 Describe the cyclical process by which schools of thought begin, prosper, and then fail.
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