Chapter 1 fundamentals

Question 1

Three fundamental ideas

Answer 1

1. Behavior and experiences have physical causes
   2.The way people think/behave/feel is modified by experience
2. The body is a product of evolution

Question 2

Empericism

Answer 2

Idea that human knowledge and thought derive from sensory experience. Senses provide input, making acquiring knowledge possible. (Blank slate)

Question 3

Association of continuity

Answer 3

If things are experienced at the same time they become associated in the mind.

Question 4

Nativism

Answer 4

Idea that we’re born with basic set of knowledge.