What is a primary circular reaction and when does it occur?

What will be an ideal response?


A primary circular reaction occurs in the second substage between the ages of 1-4 months. By accident, the infant does something with his or her own body. This feels good so the infant repeats it.

Psychology

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Distinguish between the "cold" and "hot" perspectives in social psychology and discuss how they have developed in recent trends in the field

What will be an ideal response?

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The most widely used birth control methods in the Western world

a. are hormone-based contraceptives and male condoms. b. is abstinence. c. is withdrawal. d. is emergency contraception.

Psychology

Research has found that there is agreement across cultures concerning what constitutes an attractive face; that infants prefer photographs of attractive faces to unattractive ones and that they prefer the same faces that adults do; and that

statistically average faces tend to be seen as attractive. These findings provide support for a(n) ________ interpretation of the importance of physical attractiveness. a. social perception b. social role c. evolutionary d. behaviorist

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A basic problem with the trichromatic theory is that

a. color cannot be analyzed into "eitherĀ­or" messages. b. only two types of light-sensitive visual pigments have been found in the retina. c. four colors seem to be primary, that is, you cannot get them by mixing other colors. d. it only explains events recorded in the optic pathways after information leaves the eyes.

Psychology