AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In John Locke’s philosophy, tabula rasa was the theory that the (human) mind is at birth a “blank slate” without rules for processing data, and that data is added and rules for processing are formed solely by one’s sensory experiences. The notion is central to Lockean empiricism.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -"Blank slate” is a loose translation of the medieval Latin term tabula rasa-literally, “scraped tablet.” It is commonly attributed to the philosopher John Locke (1632-1704), though in fact he used a different metaphor.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Locke, Tabula Rasa, & Blank Slate Theory However, while Locke is most famously associated with blank slate theory and tabula rasa, he was not the creator of either concept. Locke was an observer of nature who focused much of his work on natural philosophy.