History of Modern Psychology 11th Edition Schultz Test Bank

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History of Modern Psychology 11th Edition Schultz Test Bank

True / False

• A course in the history of psychology is a typical requirement for only 10% of undergraduate degree programs in

psychology.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Why Study the History of Psychology?

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• Virtually every modern science includes a course on its history as a part of its curriculum.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Why Study the History of Psychology?

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• The authors of your textbook argue that the formal study of the history of psychology is the most systematic way to

integrate the areas and issues that constitute modern psychology.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Why Study the History of Psychology?

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

NOTES: WWW

• Psychology is one of the oldest and one of the newest scholarly disciplines.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: The Development of Modern Psychology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• It can be argued that psychology today studies and debates some of the same questions as those that concerned the

philosophers of ancient Greece.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: The Development of Modern Psychology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

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• The earliest possible starting point for psychology is approximately 1,000 years ago.
• True 1 / 4

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• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: The Development of Modern Psychology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• The distinction between modern psychology and its roots has more to do with the kinds of questions asked than with

the methods used.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: The Development of Modern Psychology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• Reconstruction refers to the principles, methods, and philosophical issues of historical research.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: The Data of History: Reconstructing Psychology's Past

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• The data of history are much like the data of science.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: The Data of History: Reconstructing Psychology's Past

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• Although difficult to do, the data of history can be reconstructed or replicated.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: The Data of History: Reconstructing Psychology's Past

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• The papers and diaries of Ebbinghaus and Fechner were found more than 70 years after their deaths.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: The Data of History: Reconstructing Psychology's Past

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• The written record of Darwin's life and work is now complete.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

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QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• Jung wrote his autobiography
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: The Data of History: Reconstructing Psychology's Past

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• The terms id, ego, and superego were improperly translated from German.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: The Data of History: Reconstructing Psychology's Past

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

NOTES: WWW

• Freud's original term for free association was Einfall, which means an intrusion or an invasion.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: The Data of History: Reconstructing Psychology's Past

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• In his autobiography, Skinner recounts that his graduate days at Harvard were filled with endless work.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: The Data of History: Reconstructing Psychology's Past

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• Current evidence demonstrates that Freud's works were ignored or even renounced by intellectuals during his lifetime.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Contextual Forces in Psychology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• The term Zeitgeist refers to the spirit of the times.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Contextual Forces in Psychology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• Three examples of contextual forces in psychology are economic opportunity, war, and prejudice.
• True 3 / 4

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• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Contextual Forces in Psychology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• By 1960, the prejudice against women entering prestigious graduate schools of psychology had ended.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Contextual Forces in Psychology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• The first African American to earn a doctoral degree in psychology was Kenneth Clark.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Contextual Forces in Psychology

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• Instances of simultaneous discoveries of theory support the naturalistic concept of scientific history.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Conceptions of Scientific History

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

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• The Zeitgeist is most influential in the naturalistic theory of history.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Conceptions of Scientific History

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• The effects of the Zeitgeist in inhibiting or delaying the dissemination and/or acceptance of a discovery operate at a

cultural level but also within a science itself.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Conceptions of Scientific History

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

• In Kuhn's (1970) view, psychology is at the paradigm stage because it has several models from which one might

choose.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

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