Multiple choice

The mind of an infant is a tabula rasa is the contribution of

  1. Plato

  2. Horace Mann

  3. John Locke

  4. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  5. Johann Herbart

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Explanation

Tabula rasa is latin for 'blank slate', implying something newly formed, without preconceptions and is often used in describing certain theories of behaviourism. It is more important to historical research. It is used to deal with the state of the mind and how imagination works at various extremes. The definition of tabula rasa is a blank new born mind not yet affected by experiences, or an opportunity to start afresh. It is a philosophy that was pioneered by John Locke, and compares a new born human mind with a blank clay tablet.