Chapter 4
Refer to the research study described on pages 97 - 99 of your textbook to answer the following question.
Given the discussion of attention in this chapter, why do you think eye gaze and motion in particular capture our attention?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary, but one possible reason is that eye gaze and motion are both evolutionarily relevant factors in the environment that are adaptive aspects of attention.
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a. to caregivers in infancy. b. to peers in childhood. c. to one's adult role models in childhood. d. to one's first romantic partners in adolescence.
According to recent research, which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship between marriage and health?
a. Being married definitely carries health benefits. b. Being divorced or single increases the likelihood of heart disease due to loneliness. c. Being married, in and of itself, does not produce a health benefit. d. Being married actually produces higher levels of stress and therefore is less beneficial to one's health.
Five-year-old Tyra is drawing and she wants to show that the house is further away than the tree in her picture. To do this, Tyra draws the house smaller than the tree. Tyra is using which depth cue(s) in her picture?
a. ?binocular depth cues b. ?retinal disparity c. ?height on the horizon d. ?relative size
The famous phrase “survival of the fittest” was ____ and not Darwin’s
a. Spencer’s c. Marx’s b. Comte’s d. Weber’s