Psy 3080 final exam
Why is it important to study the history of psychology?
learn from past researchers' mistakes and avoid unethical practices
make connections between other research findings and expand our worldview.
previous research improve human nature (history repeats itself)
connections within diverse fields in psychology ; evolution of ideas that took place for the evolution of psychology.
enlarge our perspective of the world, this expands a world view which expands our knowledge.
What was the critique of history that I presented in class?
The way we report and collect history and the interpretation that we are presented with what we collected.
Recurring themes in the history of psychology?
9 recurring issues in total
(e.g., mind-body problem, reductionism vs. non-reductionism, etc)
what is monism, materialism, mentalism?
Monism is the line between the reality of one or the other like mind or body.
Materialism- is the only the body
Mentalism- is the only mind being relevant or doesn't exist.
what is dualism – interactionism, parallelism ?
Dualism - is the mind and body where they work together but are separate.
interactionism - where the mind has the ability to influence the body
Parallelism- the same time the same motion think about the grandfather clock example, they perfectly correlate.
what is nomothetic vs. ideographic approaches/ universalism vs. relativism ?
Nomothetic- studying a large group, the ability to understand the generalization of human behavior. (National)
idiographic approaches- studying the individual, one person to understand the whole. ( small group)
Universalism - All human being can be explained in the same set of principles and processes.
Relativism - each human group human group has it own principles and processes that govern behavior.