Your Professor Says That Our Perception Brings Us into Contact

question 137

Multiple Choice

Your professor says that our perception brings us into contact with the environment in order to interact with and adapt to it, such as when you turn your body to get into a car or turn your head to see where a sound is coming from. This indicates that he holds a(n) _____ view on perceptual development.

• A) ethological
• B) ecological
• C) evolutionary
• D) genetic

Learn the steps to evaluate the strength and validity of arguments.

Distinguish between sound and unsound arguments.

Understand the relevance and irrelevance of reasons in supporting claims.

Recognize the evaluative language used to describe the quality of arguments and argument makers.

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Definitions:

Survival of Society

The enduring and continuous existence of a society through the maintenance of its structures, customs, and values across generations.

Ability and Talent

Natural aptitudes or skills that individuals possess, which can be developed through practice and education.

Structural Functional

A perspective in sociology that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability.

Davis and Moore

Sociologists who proposed a functionalist theory suggesting that social stratification, or the division of society into classes, has a beneficial function in society.