Research on the interaction between experience and perceptual development suggests that
a. perceptual experience is supportive of only those capacities that are not fully developed at birth.
b. perceptual experience is extremely important for maintaining perceptual capacities that are present from birth.
c. perceptual capacities that are present at birth are unaffected by experience thereafter.
d. perceptual deprivation has little effect on the developing perceptual systems in humans.
B
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. places too great an emphasis on genes. b. shows no appreciation for development during adulthood. c. fails to provide a coherent picture of development. d. views conscious factors as being as influential as unconscious factors.
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