1. One could argue that modern psychology has a special relationship with its history. In other scientific disciplines, history is more of a niche specialty; with psychology, however, understanding the history of the discipline is sometimes considered a necessary part of understanding the current state of the field. In the context of the above, address the following questions: Why might the above observation be true? Why would it be important for psychologists to study the history of psychology? How might such a study affect how psychologists approach their studies in the present? How would a historical understanding change how a psychologist thinks about current research?