1. History and Systems

2. Why even bother studying the history of psychology?

3. Tell us a little about your history  Explain why you’re who you are.  Where do you start?  How did you get into psychology?

4. Reconstructing Psychology’s Past Historiography: The principles, methods, and philosophical issues in historical research. What problems are there when you try to remember what happened in your classes last semester?

5. Issues in the study of history Lost or suppressed data Things that are lost in translation Self-serving data

6. The importance of context in psychology Zeitgeist The intellectual and cultural climate or spirit of the times.

7. Context issues  Economic opportunity  World Wars  Prejudice and Discrimination

8. Scientific History Personalistic Theory: The view that progress and change in scientific history are attributable to the ideas of unique individuals. Personalistic Theory: The view that progress and change in scientific history are attributable to the ideas of unique individuals. Naturalistic Theory: The view that progress and change in scientific history are attributable to the Zeitgeist, which makes a culture receptive to some ideas but not others. Naturalistic Theory: The view that progress and change in scientific history are attributable to the Zeitgeist, which makes a culture receptive to some ideas but not others.

9. Schools of Thought  Preparadigmatic  Paradigmatic

10. Things to gather for your trading card  Photo of yourself—you don’t need to print it  Your name (shouldn’t be too hard)  Date of birth  Likes  Dislikes  Something about you  quote