The distance cue in which two parallel lines extend into the distance and seem to come together at one point is called _________________
A) linear perspective
B) aerial perspective
C) shadowing
D) motion parallax
Answer: A
Rationale: Parallel lines stretching to the horizon appear to move closer together as they travel further away. This is called linear perspective, and can be used by the brain as a cue to depth.
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a. appraisal delay c. utilization delay b. illness delay d. cultural delay.
In the study of dogs and their owners, Samuel Gosling and his colleagues found that
a. dogs do not have personalities. b. the owners and neutral observers could not agree on the dogs' personalities. c. all of the dogs had similar personality traits. d. the dog owners and the neutral observers all agreed strongly in their ratings of the dogs' personalities along four of the Big Five dimensions.
Why do drive-reduction approaches fail to offer a complete account of human motivation?
Drive-reduction approaches are vague about what, or even how many, primary drives exist. People are sometimes motivated to increase rather than decrease their level of stimulation. Drive-reduction approaches offer much better explanations of behaviors motivated by secondary drives than of behaviors motivated by primary drives. Homeostasis does not accurately describe the mechanism by which primary drives operate.