At the House of Reptiles, 3-year-old Sinead is intrigued by a motionless python snake in a large cage with three parallel viewing windows. Sinead cries out, “Look mommy, a snake!” According to Gestalt psychology, how does Sinead know that the snake is not broken into individual segments??
a. ?the principle of continuity
b. ?the principle of familiarity
c. ?the principle of order
d. ?the principle of fragmentation
ANSWER:
a
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a. behavioral management. b. exposure treatment. c. cognitive restructuring. d. positive reinforcement.
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A) amygdala. B) parietal lobe. C) hippocampus. D) temporal lobe.
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A. make better progress when learning a second language B. are skillful at analyzing complex situations C. have strong social skills D. tend to be highly creative