Great-Person Approach
Great-person approach The approach to history that concentrates on the most prominent contributors to the topic or field under consideration.
Historical development approach The approach to history that concentrates on an element of a field or discipline and describes how the understanding or approach to studying that element has changed over time. An example is a description of how mental illness has been defined and studied throughout history.
Historicism The study of the past for its own sake, without attempting to interpret and evaluate it in terms of current knowledge and standards, as is the case with presentism. (See also Presentism.)
Historiography The study of the proper way to write history.
Idealists Those who believe that ultimate reality consists of ideas or perceptions and is, therefore, not physical.
