Question

_____ believed that children were born into the world with minds like "blank slates" and that their experiences determined what kind of adults they would become.

Answer 1

It is John Locke who believed that children were born into the world with minds like "blank slates" and that their experiences determined what kind of adults they would become. His ideas challenged the ideas of Plato and Rene Descartes where they argued that there are certain knowledge that are inborn in humans.