One Study Found That When Presented with a Picture, North

question 118

Multiple Choice

One study found that when presented with a picture, North American and European participants perceived an object as being a window behind a woman, while East Africans interpreted the same object as a box or basket on top of the woman's head. This study was presented as an example of

• A)the effect of cultural experiences on picture perception
• B)the effect of biology on sensation
• C)the effect of culture on the Gestalt law of continuity
• D)a cultural conflict between shape constancy and size constancy

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Definitions:

Axis V

Part of the DSM-IV used to evaluate a person's level of functioning; replaced in DSM-5 with a broader emphasis on individual assessments.

Mental Health

A state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.

Psychodynamic Model

An approach in psychology that emphasizes the systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis, which emphasizes the importance of unconscious processes in understanding human behavior.