Test Bank by Raymond E. Fancher, Alexandra Rutherford, Katherine Harper York University & Jacy
L. Young University of Surrey
The questions included in this test bank were written to sample the contents of the textbook both
fairly and comprehensively. They vary considerably both in difficulty and content, with some
questions relating primarily to historical fact and others to substantive issues and concepts from
modern psychology. Every effort has been made to avoid ambiguous, trivial, or trick questions—but
it is generally a good idea to make sure that examination instructions ask for “the best answer” rather
than “the correct answer” to each item.
,Introduction: Studying the History of Psychology
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is NOT one of the benefits of studying the history of psychology, as
described in the textbook?
a. allows us to step outside the discipline and see the mechanisms of psychology
b. allows us to understand the reflexive nature of psychology
c. allows us to predict future developments in psychology
d. allows us to see how ideas that now appear odd or incorrect made sense in their original
context
ANS: C DIF: Hard
OBJ: Understand the benefits of studying the history of psychology.
2. Franz Mesmer’s theory of animal magnetism made sense in the late eighteenth century
because
a. animals were found to have magnetic currents flowing through their bodies.
b. a number of other invisible forces in nature were identified at this time.
c. it had been conclusively shown that animals could be hypnotized.
d. the use of magnets to redirect the body’s natural energy was a popular medical
treatment.
ANS: B DIF: Moderate
OBJ: Understand the benefits of studying the history of psychology.
3. Reflexivity refers to the
a. ability to become aware our actions and to reflect upon them.
b. fact that humans possess instinctual reflexes.
, c. ability to reflect on past events in history.
d. fact that nonhuman animals possess instinctual reflexes.
ANS: A DIF: Moderate
OBJ: Understand the benefits of studying the history of psychology.
4. As part of his efforts to establish the history of psychology as a subfield of psychology
Robert I. Watson accomplished all of the following EXCEPT
a. helped establish the first graduate training program in the history and theory of
psychology.
b. wrote the article “History of Psychology: A Neglected Area.”
c. founded the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences.
d. established the Archives of the History of American Psychology in Akron, Ohio.
ANS: D DIF: Moderate OBJ: Identify Watson.
5. Which of the following is NOT an aspect of historiography, as described in your text?
a. the theory of writing history
b. the critique of writing history
c. the methods of writing history
d. the history of writing history
ANS: B DIF: Moderate OBJ: Identify the approach to studying history.
6. When writing history, a focus on the development of ideas in their intellectual and
disciplinary context is referred to as __________, while a focus on the influence of social
and political factors on the development of ideas is referred to as __________.
a. presentism; historicism
b. the interior approach; the exterior approach
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