AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The notion that the mind and body are separate and distinct.
A
monolism
B
dualism
C
funtionalism
D
structuralism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -mind-body dualism, in its original and most radical formulation, the philosophical view that mind and body (or matter) are fundamentally distinct kinds of substances or natures.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the dualist, the mind (or the soul) is comprised of a non-physical substance, while the body is constituted of the physical substance known as matter. According to most substance dualists, mind and body are capable of causally affecting each other. This form of substance dualism is known as interactionism.

Detailed explanation-3: -This is known as dualism. Dualism is the view that the mind and body both exist as separate entities. Descartes / Cartesian dualism argues that there is a two-way interaction between mental and physical substances.

Detailed explanation-4: -dualism, Cartesian interactionist-The view that: (1) the mental and the material comprise two different classes of substance and; (2) both can have causal effects on the other. Plato. Plato thought that the soul could and would exist apart from the body and would exist after the death of the body.

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