NATIVISM VS. EMPIRICISM

Nativism vs Empiricism

Introduction

The entire area of psychology and neuroscience, philosophy and related stocks, is to inform, and with local and empiricism debate between connected with a good measure throws in a place to stand in the middle of the construction. This empirical - in the perception of localization parameters are the core of psychology, particularly the development of perception.

Research in perceptual development, indigenous people's genes make the perception of all equipment. Empirical claims, cognitive function, including the emotional, the development of adaptation to the environment and learning through experience. This is a complex version of the old intact, natural or mountains - nurture debate. (Geissler, et al., 2002)

Psychology is one of the most controversial in the local and the theoretical debate between empiricism. Basically, these two theories attempt to explain the true source of human knowledge. Nativist claims that knowledge is innate in human beings waiting to be nurtured.

On the other hand, such as Locke and Hume and other empiricist view that knowledge is acquired from a person's life. According to empirical argument, newborn babies born in a better state space called the "white board Plaza."

Empiricism - the controversial localization, but also with the general, who as a problem-solving ideas, such as later became known as the SSSM, or norms of social scientific models, including the very influential theories such as behaviorism, or recommended a system of specialized modules, as the most common claims by evolutionary psychologists and evolutionary effects. Those who support the modular concept of mind is often more local direction. The development of perception in the local community center - empirical debate. Nativist claims that the human mind is innate perceptual categories, it is either from birth or has naturally become a mature nervous system, causing equipment. Raw sensory input from a specific treatment, which is hard wired into the brain of the functional blocks. (Pascalis, 2002)

Against the position of the strongest empirical arguments from the cross-cultural research, which shows that the basic structure is fairly common sense and environmental stimuli, and even independent of major changes. This does not mean a lot of sense, particularly the more complex, there is no large, the impact of the experience. Adaptation studies have shown that this view is influenced by cultural variables when the individual is exposed to different stimuli correction. Differences between cultures is likely to be characterized by the universal foundation of all human perception of key differences between building blocks. (Allison, et al., 2003)

Nativism

Localization is the view of human knowledge is that some of the skills and capacity is a person born. These skills and abilities have been in human nature. Therefore, the nativists claim that requires appropriate training, in order to make this kind of "localization" of the skills and capacity utilization.

According to nativists, people are born with varying degrees of cognitive functions, ready to use. Local support, top-down idea. (Cosmides & Tooby, 2004)

Empiricism

Empiricism is the emotional psyche, it asserted that knowledge is through human sensory experience gained ...