Scholastic and associationism are two of the major roots of modern cognitive psychology being seen as the development of models of the mind. The Middle Ages refers to a division of European history from approximately the fall of the Roman Empire in the 15th century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the 15th century, during which explosive growth in the arts, sciences, and education occurred. The Roman Catholic Church held great political power in Europe during the Middle Ages, and most scholarship occurred within the confines of the church. During this period, church scholars, called scholastic, debated a number of issues that are of significance for the development of modern cognitive psychology.
Scholastic and associationism are two of the major roots of modern cognitive psychology being seen as the development of models of the mind. These two emerged as a distinct subdiscipline of psychology in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s,
1) Explain what the scholastic viewpoints of reality is.
2) Explain what the associationist viewpoints of reality are.
3) How is the scholastic viewpoint of reality similar to the associationist viewpoints of reality?
4) How are the scholastic viewpoints of reality different than the associationist viewpoints of reality?
Minimum of one scholarly source to support your answers and cite with APA format.