PSYC 354 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Wax Tablet, Genetic Epistemology, Logical Truth

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Individualistic: biology and evolution, hard wired interactive emergence ecological succession(change in species structure over time) 3 main approaches: empiricism developmental perspective camera or wax tablet. Person passively acquires a copy of reality, reality is impressed upon the mind like a. Ie) reality is impressed on the mind like a camera, but a camera doesn"t know anything how do we know if our representation is correct: nativism non-developmental perspective. The species as a whole may develop but not the individual itself. All your abilities are within you, it"s just a matter of when and if you choose to express. Both nativism and empiricism assume that knowledge must pre-exist either in the mind or them the world: constructivism. They learn from the interactive potential of the world, other people and learn how others respond to actions and how to anticipate them. Solely constructed through relations not in the organism or environment.

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