A Social Construct Is ______

question 64

Multiple Choice

A social construct is ______.

• A) something that dictates how we act in public
• B) a view that comes about from common law and is followed widely
• C) a perspective or definition agreed upon by many people that constitutes reality
• D) the amalgamation of people's interests and desires

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Definitions:

Gestalt Principle

A theory in psychology that describes how people tend to organize visual elements into groups or unified wholes when certain principles are applied.

Closure

The act of bringing an emotional or psychological sense of resolution to a traumatic or significant event.

Depth Perception

The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance.

Continuity

The unbroken and consistent existence or operation of something over a period of time.