PSYC85H3 Chapter 1: Psychology and History
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Historiography- the study of the variety of ways in which historians have written history. Historiographers examine the variety of ways in which historians have written history. The most influential modern history of psychology was written by edwin g. boring. Boring"s history continues to dominate the historiography of psychology (with some. His history concerned itself primarily with the growth of the scientific, experimental side of revisions)" psychology since the 19th c. Boring recognized two approaches to history: (person) emphasized the role of the creative individual in moving history along; on this. 1. account the history of psychology is primarily the stories of those outstanding people who have contributed to it and changed it by doing so: (zeitgeist) related to the cultural context within which it takes place. Aka spirit of the times ; prevailing ideologies and/or the socioeconomic situation of the period" play in shaping ideas. There are other constructs that have been used to represent historical processes.
