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Psychology's Early History

Question 8 • 53040de1 ECAD Fall 2026 - Q2 - Psychology - S1

Summarize in a complete paragraph how psychology has its roots in philosophy, and provide examples of two philosopher’s contributions.

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Psychology has its roots in philosophy because philosophers were among the first to ask systematic questions about the mind, knowledge, and behavior. Plato believed that people possess innate knowledge that can be discovered through reason, while John Locke argued that knowledge comes from experience and that the mind begins as a blank slate. Their different views helped inspire later psychological theories about how people think and learn.

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