Feature Detection Cannot Explain How You Could

question 25

Multiple Choice

Feature detection cannot explain how you could

• A)perceive the same sounds as "I scream" sometimes and "ice cream" at other times.
• B)identify a new Honda automobile as a car, even if you had never seen that particular model before.
• C)recognize a friend you hadn't seen in several years.
• D)identify a black poodle as a poodle, even if you had previously seen only white poodles.

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Definitions:

Oedipus Complex

In Freudian theory, the desire young boys have to get rid of their father and take his place in their mother’s affections.

Electra Complex

In Freudian theory, the process by which young girls blame their mother for their “castrated” condition, transfer their love to their father, and compete with their mother for their father’s affection.

Primary Anxiety

a fundamental form of anxiety that is not a response to a specific stressor but rather a general sense of unease or dread.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant feelings, memories, or impulses are excluded from conscious awareness.