History of Psychology: Rebels Who Rewrote the Mind
From Descartes to the cognitive revolution: the thinkers, experiments and quarrels that turned the study of the mind into a science.
History of Psychology · 50 questions
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1. Descartes argued that mind and body are separate substances. Where did he propose they interact?
- The cerebellum
- The heart
- The pineal gland
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Answer: The pineal gland
Descartes picked the pineal gland because it is a single, central structure, unlike most paired brain parts.
2. How did John Locke describe the mind of a newborn?
- Full of innate ideas present from birth
- A blank slate written on by experience
- A machine run by fixed instincts
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Answer: A blank slate written on by experience
Locke's empiricism held that all knowledge comes from experience, a view that shaped later learning theories.
3. Which ancient philosopher held that knowledge is innate and that learning is really a kind of remembering?
- Hippocrates
- Plato
- Aristotle
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Answer: Plato
Plato's nativism contrasted with Aristotle's emphasis on experience, an early form of the nature-nurture debate.
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