After a head injury a person reports that she is unable to see, although her eyes are uninjured. A doctor would suspect an injury in the ______ lobe
a. frontal
b. occipital
c. parietal
d. temporal
b
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The term nature refers to
A) environmental influences that shape behavior. B) biological and environmental changes that take place continuously over several days. C) normative and natural developmental pathways for adolescents. D) traits, abilities, and capacities that are inherited from one's parents.
A developmental psychologist is showing a four-month-old infant a series of drawings. Each drawing shows a series of heavy black dots arranged in the shape of a square
After seeing a series of such pictures, the infant looks for shorter and shorter periods of time until she is barely glancing at each new version of the black dots in a square. Suddenly the researcher presents a new drawing of heavy black dots in the shape of a circle, and the baby shows renewed interest by gazing for a longer period of time. What is illustrated by this research project? A) The baby's response was an example of discriminatory social referencing. B) The baby became habituated to the pattern of the dots in the shape of a square. C) The baby demonstrated dislike of the square pattern of black dots. D) The baby was illustrating intersensory integration.