According to Your Text, Our Varied and Complex Sensations of Touch

question 66

Multiple Choice

According to your text, our varied and complex sensations of touch reflect the activity of a very small number of basic receptor types. This is most nearly analogous to:

• A)the way pitch is processed, according to place theory
• B)the way color is processed, according to opponent-process theory
• C)the way form is processed, according to the Gestalt psychologists
• D)the way color is processed, according to trichromatic theory

Comprehend the psychological characteristics associated with the later stages of life, such as ego integrity versus despair.

Discuss Erikson’s research methods and the application of psychohistorical analysis.

Evaluate the role of education, especially college, in the resolution of the identity crisis.

Assess the impact of social and cultural factors on the development of ego identity.