The Ideas Advanced by René Descartes Set the Stage for the Development

question 36

Multiple Choice

The ideas advanced by René Descartes set the stage for the development of health psychology, because ________.

• A) he believed that the body and the soul operate by distinct and independent rules
• B) he proposed that the body influences the mind, but not the opposite
• C) he believed that our minds work like machines
• D) he proposed that the mind influences the body, but not the opposite

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