The Philosopher John Locke Believed That People

question 128

Multiple Choice

The philosopher John Locke believed that people

• A) learn to perceive the world through experience.
• B) are endowed at birth with perceptual skills.
• C) experience the whole as different from the sum of its parts.
• D) are unable to adapt to an inverted visual world.

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Definitions:

Developmentally Appropriate

Developmentally appropriate refers to practices or interventions that are suited to the age, individual characteristics, and developmental stage of a person, often used in the context of education or child care.

Stereotype Threat

Anxiety that one’s behavior might confirm a stereotype about one’s group.

Confirm

To establish the truth or validity of something with evidence or through demonstration.

Intellectually Inferior

An offensive and inaccurate term that suggests lower cognitive abilities in comparison to a normative or average standard.