AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -tabula rasa, (Latin: “scraped tablet”-i.e., “clean slate”) in epistemology (theory of knowledge) and psychology, a supposed condition that empiricists have attributed to the human mind before ideas have been imprinted on it by the reaction of the senses to the external world of objects.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tabula rasa (/ˈtæbjələ ˈrɑːsə, -zə, ˈreɪ-/; “blank slate") is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content, and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tabula rasa translates to “blank slate.” In therapy, it refers to either the idea that we are solely the product of our upbringing and experiences, or, it refers to the technique therapists use when they themselves become “blank, ” and allow the recipient to project their own needs, desires, and beliefs onto them.

Detailed explanation-4: -In epistemology, Innatism is the doctrine that the mind is born with ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. The opposing doctrine, that the mind is a tabula rasa (blank slate) at birth and all knowledge is gained from experience and the senses, is called Empiricism.