HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY 1. For this assignment you must read chapters six and nine from Brennan’s…

HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY

1. For this assignment you must read chapters six and nine from Brennan’s book, Readings in the History and Systems of Psychology (2nd Ed.).

2. Write 3 pages on the following:

Which psychological processes were assigned to the mind and to the body according to Descartes?  Human understanding occurs in the soul, or mind, for Locke.  What are the processes that he describes from which understanding emerges?

3. Format this paper in APA style with the correct reference page format.  Your paper should be from 3 pages and should have a references page …………………………Answer Preview…………………According to Rene Descartes thesis known as “mind-body dualism,” the body and mind are distinct. According to the thesis, the mind is a thinking, non-extended thing while the body in a non-thinking, but extended thing. From the above aspects of the mind and body, it is clear that the nature of the two is very different. Therefore, it is possible for one of them to exist in the absence of the other. This argument has led to the rise of the mind-body debate (Brennan, 1997). The debate seeks to answer the questions regarding how the mind can lead to some parts of………………………………..APA892 Words Added to cart