History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET December 2022 History (Shift-II)
Who among the following has inspired the emergence of 'Psycho-history'?
AElizabeth Hurlock
BE.H. Garrett
CKarl Popper
DSigmund Freud ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Sigmund Freud — It was Sigmund Freud, so the answer is Sigmund Freud.
Explanation
★It was Sigmund Freud, so the answer is Sigmund Freud.
★Sigmund Freud inspired the emergence of psycho-history.
★The application of a psychological model in historical research is known as psycho-history.
★Psycho-history starts from Freud's two monographs, Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of His Childhood, and Moses and Monotheism.
★Although Freud never used the term psycho-history, his work laid its basis.
★The term psycho-history gained prominence in the 1960s.
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