INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTIONS Flashcards
Greek Philosophers and intellectuals wrote about
planets to explain the movements of heavenly bodies.
Claudius Ptolemy, a famous philosopher and
astronomer stated that the planets, as well as the sun and
the moon, moved in circular motion around the Earth. The
sun and moon’s revolution explained the existence of days
and nights.
COPERNICAN THEORY
that the Earth was at the center.
16th century
GEOCENTRIC THEORY
a Polish mathematician and astronomer
challenged the Ptolemaic model.
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
COPERNICUS introduced a new
concept known as _______.
Heliocentrism
suggested that the center of Solar
System was not the Earth but actually the Sun.
HELIOCENTRISM
Heliocentrism was
accepted, beginning the scientific revolution, which
transformed society’s thoughts and beliefs.
Birth of Modern Astronomy
considered to be one of the most
controversial intellectual revolutions of its time.
DARWINIAN REVOLUTION
an English naturalist, biologist, and
geologist, published his book, “_________________________”
“On the Origin of Species”
CHARLES DARWIN
introduced by Darwin which
posited that populations pass through a process of natural
selection in which only the ___________would survive.
FITTEST
THEORY OF EVOLUTION
It is also stated that organisms have the ability to adapt
to their environment and would gradually change into
something that would be more competitive to survive, a
process known as __________.
EVOLUTION
Psychology was considered more of an ___________.
In the late 19th century
art rather than
science
FREUDIAN REVOLUTION
change people’s perception of psychology
with his theory of ________________-.
PSYCHOANALYSIS
SIGMUND FREUD
is the study that explains human behavior.
Freud explained that there are many conscious and
unconscious factors that can influence behavior and
emotions.
PSYCHOANALYSIS
Freud also argued that personality is a product of three
conflicting elements:
ID, EGO, SUPEREGO
