The Authors of Your Textbook Discuss a Case Study of a Woman

question 230

Multiple Choice

The authors of your textbook discuss a case study of a woman (D.F.) who has suffered brain damage to the ventral part of the occipital lobe of her brain, resulting in visual agnosia. She lost the ability to do all of the following EXCEPT:

• A) identify the size of objects.
• B) scaling behaviour when reaching for an object.
• C) name line drawings.
• D) recognize objects based solely on visual information.

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Definitions:

Carl Jung

A Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, known for concepts like archetypes and the collective unconscious.

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