单选题 Which of the following best states the main point of the passage?______

A、 The approach of psychohistorians to historical study is currently in vogue even though it lacks the rigor and verifiability of traditional historical method
B、 Traditional historians can benefit from studying the techniques and findings ofpsychohistorians
C、 Areas of sociological study such as childhood and work are of little interest to traditional
historians
D、 History is composed of unique and nonrepeating events that must be individually analyzed on the basis of publicly verifiable evidence

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本文主要讨论心理历史学给历史研究带来的变革，第三段将心理历史学与传统历史学作了比较。第四段指出了心理历史学的随意性同时有悖于传统历史学原则。(A)传达了本文的主旨。