Describe the notion of intersensory redundancy. How might knowledge of this be useful to the parent of a new infant?
What will be an ideal response?
Intersensory redundancy refers to the fact that an infant's sensory systems are attuned to information presented simultaneously to different sensory modes. In other words, when sensory input stimulates more than one sensory system at a time, the infant's systems will be more attuned to it. Parents may be interested in knowing this so that they can provide as much and as varied sensory stimulation as possible (e.g., mixing songs with clapping, mixing smells with flavors, combining sights and sounds). There is also no rule that says a maximum of two sensory systems can be combined at a time. Evoking three or even four systems would also involve intersensory redundancy.
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State the fundamental postulate of personal construct theory. List and briefly describe the 11 corollaries of the personal construct theory which help in anticipating life events
What will be an ideal response?
On the positive side, taste-aversion learning may help us:
A. develop our taste for exotic foods B. survive by avoiding plants or poisons that are harmful or lethal C. discern foods that have poor nutritional value D. remember what foods we do not prefer
Primary reinforcers ____
a. ?are directly reinforcing b. ?exert their effects through secondary reinforcers c. ?are not as effective as secondary reinforcers d. ?include such things as money
All of the following were lessons learned from the sequoias except
a. having balance in life. b. plant a new tree to replace a fallen one. c. there is a connectedness among living things. d. silence.