What is a "carpentered" environment, and how does it relate to perceptual development?

What will be an ideal response?


A carpentered environment is one constructed according to rectilinear principles with perpendicular lines and right angles. It may be responsible for children being more susceptible to visual illusions.

Psychology

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Thinking you can control something makes it less stressful, even if you are wrong about your ability to control

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

The medical model of mental illness suggests that:

a. all mental illnesses have biological origins b. all mental illnesses can be treated and cured using drug therapies c. abnormal behavior is symptomatic of an underlying disease that can be cured with the appropriate therapy d. the symptoms of psychological disorders will be the same across different cultures

Psychology

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Although researchers have identified variables related to bulimia nervosa, they do not know what causes the disorder.

Psychology

If we wanted to associate a tone with an electric shock, we would first present the tone, and then, while it is still on, present a brief shock. This type of conditioning procedure is called _____ conditioning

A) ?backward B) ?trace C) ?simultaneous D) ?delayed

Psychology