PSYC 4008 : Exam 1 Study Guide
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Historiography: what is history, description of events including a chronology and explication of cause and effect based on evidence, should be treated as a science, fact based on empirical evidence or logic, should be subject to refutation. Internal: what is written occurs entirely within the discipline of psychology, context less important, evolution of theory and research, more likely to be written by practitioner historians. Ignores influences outside psychology: external, focuses on the broad intellectual, cultural, social and economic currents indirectly tied to a particular event, context is the essence of externalism, hallmark of post-modern writings. Multiples: two or more individuals independently make the same discovery at the same time. How do we know anything: appeal to authority, truth is revealed by authority, ex. ) God as revealed in text, your professors as revealed in lectures: rationalism, truth is revealed through rigorous application of thought and reason, ex. )
