I put proximity/perception as how we are more likely to perceive objects as part of a group the closer they are together. Barron’s defines proximity as “Objects that are close together are more likely to be perceived as belonging in the same group.” This definition is in the “Sensation and Perception” chapter. It doesn’t mention distance between the object and the person, it mentions distance between objects in a group.</p>
Concrete operational = conservation. (According to my own alliteration mnemonics and Wikipedia).</p>
Yeah, conservation doesn’t develop until concrete operational. It isn’t even mentioned though as something that isn’t there until preoperational.</p>
@KingZant
Yes, I’m sure of that as I read the Gestalt Principles of how we perceive, it’s just that I totally forgot that during the test. T__T</p>
For the stupid release of information one, isn’t one of the requirements of the APA confidentiality/anonymity? So even if the info is released, the name can never be matched with the data. I thought that was what the question implied, so I put never.</p>
@estan
I put never as well, but I think that the question was just terribly made :/</p>
we r not disputing the fact that conversion takes place at preoperational. We are saying that she lacked conversion, whcih is characteristic of sensorimotor stage</p>
The creativity question near the end: I put “original and valuable”. I was only able to go with my intuition, What else was put?</p>
For the first FRQ, I’m hoping they only grade the examples I gave, for example, for agoraphobia, I defined it completely wrong (as fear of the unknown) but gave an example that makes perfect sense for the fear of difficult to escape situations (i.e wide-open spaces; the outside), I put “she will stay inside”.
Regarding the prefrontal lobe: that is the area involved in decision making
Ethnocentricism is judging those of another culture by your own cultures standards. For example: judging asians as rude for their lack of eye contact, even though it is courteous behavior in some asian culture</p>
To help with some of the location confusion:</p>
Rods/peripheral vision = rods are on the peripheral of the retina, corresponds to sensing peripheral vision</p>
Serotonin/reduction of depression=SSRIs block the reuptake of serotonin, so more serotonin is located in the synapse verses being in the cells</p>
Retinal disparity/depth perception=comparing difference in location of an object of left and right eye allows for depth perception to be formed</p>
Does anyone have a good answer for the motor cortex/body movement one? I put that different locations on the motor cortex correspond to different body parts, so stimulation of certain areas causes certain body parts to move.</p>
I forgot the rest, but I had a good answer for all of them except proximity/perception</p>
^ That’s true, but I don’t know, I put written consent, because I assumed that if the subject specifically expressed it in writing and knew what he/she was consenting to, it would be okay. Who knows though, really.</p>
@actstudent, yes it’s characteristic, but it’s more characteristic of preoperational. It doesn’t actually take place until concrete operational. Sensorimotor is more associated with object permanence and learning to recognize faces and whatnot… I’m not sure they’d have the thought capacity to differentiate between the glasses explicitly.</p>
On the releasing info, you guys are mixing up experimental ethics with personal therapy. </p>
In an experiment, of course the scientists aren’t going to release the info. </p>
In therapy, there are many times when releasing info would be useful. Like to a spouse/family member so that you can talk about it, or what if you change therapists? They’ll need to give the new therapist info about you.</p>
Stroop effect is where people have difficulty reading a list of colors when the text is of a different color. My answer was “automatic processing”. I’m not sure if it’s correct, was their a better answer?</p>
The proximity perception one was asking for the mere exposure effect.</p>
I put automatic for stroop effect, too. Pretty sure that’s right.</p>
For creativity I put normative and divergent keyword divergent!!</p>
@pastorek, I put original and valuable too… I was between that and B with divergent in the answer, since divergent thinking is a sign too. I thought A was a better answer though, since originality is more of a hallmark of creative thinking - divergent thinking is often present as well, but if it wasn’t original, it wouldn’t be creative.</p>
I’m a bit new to this thread, but on a point earlier discussed on the question on who would most likely have heart problems, I put the guy who was hostile. You can categorize the five people into four with type A, and one type B. We know type A people generally have more heart problems. So I went to the most polar, radically type A person, since not every type A person would develop heart problems. Everyone can be divided to A or B, so the question asked to find the person who was very obviously type A.</p>
I thought the proximity perception one was more about the Gestalt principles? Like if lines are grouped together and two are closer, then they’ll be perceived as one unit.</p>
Creativity - pretty sure it was divergent. During the creative unit of my textbook, it goes on and on about divergent thinking. Original is not a psychological term.</p>
Hmm, so for the proximity/perception one, we’d utterly fail if we thought those terms were being used in the general sense and talked about the distance between observer and object?</p>
@greatoceanroad there is more than one definition of proximity. Look up the mere exposure effect.</p>