empiricism

• empiricists 


  believe knowledge comes from observation + experience alone rather than innate
• innate 


  something you are born with

  e.g as a baby you're born with the ability to grasp things
• distinct entity 


  how psychology began to emerge when empirical methods were first applied to study of human beings
• based on 2 assumptions

  1.all behaviours is seen as being caused - determinism

  2. if behaviour is determined then it should be predictable