The traditional approach to the history of psychology has been presentist, internal, and personalistic, and it tends to create what are called origin myths. Recently, historians have tended to be more historicist, external, and naturalistic. What does this mean? Why do these distinctions matter? What concerns are there about studying the history of psychology knowing the challenges present in historiography?

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These distinctions in approaches to the history of psychology delineate significant shifts in how scholars perceive and study the development of psychological theories and practices Presentist vs Hist... View the full answer