The most widely used by therapist in recovering childhood memories is hypnosis. Hypnosis is a way of having a person be placed in a state of concentration, in order for the person to respond to suggestions. It enables a person remember the past and the things that had happened on his or her past. That makes it usable in recovering childhood memories.
The quote that most strongly show Locke's influence on those who drafted the Declaration of Independence:
"<span>Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."
Locke (along with Hobbes and Rousseau) was a proponent of a social contract, for he believed that we would gain more than what we would sacrifice if we were to enter a social contract and form a society.</span>
The answer is scientific method.
The scientific method was a new way to solve problems and conduct research in the 17th century. It is a process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answer questions.