Units 1&2 (Myers)
AP Psychology Name Units I & II Homework Assignments History & Approaches Modules 1 & 2: pages 1-12 What are four questions early thinkers wondered? How does our mind work? How does our body relate to our minds? How much of what we know comes built in? How much is acquired through experience? Socrates & Plato concluded that: mind is separable from body and continues after the body dies; knowledge is innate. What did Aristotle say about knowledge? Knowledge is not pre-existing, it grows from the experiences stored in our memories. What did Rene Descartes conclude about the relationship between the brain and muscles? The relationship between the brain and muscles were spirits that flowed from the brain through hollow nerves to the muscles, provoking movement.