Describe Two Experimental Procedures Used to Manipulate Visual Experience in Young

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Essay

Describe two experimental procedures used to manipulate visual experience in young monkeys for the study of developmental plasticity. What differences were observed as a result of the two manipulations?

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Definitions:

Sense Organs

Specialized organs or structures in the body that respond to external stimuli, such as the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin, enabling perception of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

External Environment

All outside factors and influences that impact the operation and performance of an entity or individual.

Sense of Pain

The perception of discomfort or distress caused by injury, illness, or other stimuli.

Doctrine of Specific Nerve Energies

A theory suggesting that the nature of a sensation depends on which sensory fibers are stimulated, not on how the fibers are stimulated.