PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES
PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY
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Socrates
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René Descartes
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John Locke
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Aristotle
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Plato
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1649, French philosopher and scientist René Descartes proposed a mechanism by which the body’s perceived impulses lead to action. Descartes’ neuronal pathway came to be known as a reflex arc.
Detailed explanation-2: -Descartes was right that nerve paths are important and that they enable reflexes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which philosopher proposed that nerve pathways allowed for reflexes? Rene Descartes.
Detailed explanation-4: -The philosopher Rene Descartes suggested that our mind and thoughts are our true identity. An identity, he called a “soul”. The philosopher John Locke argued that momentary thoughts are not consistent and change over time. They cannot be our identity since identity is something that must be consistent over time.
Detailed explanation-5: -He believed that an individual’s actions define his/her own concept of “self”. Rene Descartes 10.