PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES
PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY
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The idea of genetic inheritance.
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The idea that we are all born equal.
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The variability hypothesis.
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The theory of nature versus nurture.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In his Hereditary Genius (1869), in which he used the word genius to denote “an ability that was exceptionally high and at the same time inborn, ” his main argument was that mental and physical features are equally inherited-a proposition that was not accepted at the time.
Detailed explanation-2: -’ In Galton’s influential “Hereditary Character and Talent", he argued that if physical attributes could be subjected to Darwinian principles of selection, ‘mental qualities’ could be as well. He generated a list of ‘notable persons’ in order to demonstrate that intelligence and excellence were hereditary.
Detailed explanation-3: -Galton did not ascribe to the idea of particulate inheritance with independent assortment – Mendel’s First and Second Laws. Rather, he was a proponent of blended inheritance, the theory of inheritance as a blending of parental characteristics, which was commonly held in the nineteenth century.