PSYC 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Exogeny, Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Historiometry
24 Sep 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
History of psychology historiography: the study of history. Edwin g. boring wrote the most in uential modern history of psychology about growth of the scienti c, experimental side of psych. 2. role of the person role of the zeitgeist spirit of times , cultural context of the time. Frank manuel: progressive (history with a xed end) vs cyclical ideas can recur/be rediscovered but also be understood progressively better. Thomas kuhn: the structure of scienti c revolutions paradigms shape the scientist"s view of the world; revolution occurs when new paradigm emerges and replaces old paradigm (ex. Darwin"s theory of evolution) theories suggest a different interpretation of the same fact/data ex. bird or antelope? different theories may overlap but no single theory can explain all the data. Box 1. 1: psychology"s territories history involves events that go on inside the discipline itself and the social, institutional, and professional contexts (ex. sociology, neuroscience)
