Which of the Following Statements About Intermodal Stimulation Is True

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about intermodal stimulation is true?

• A) It is important for the healthy development of human, but not animal, babies.
• B) It interferes with infants' ability to learn the patterns of their native language.
• C) It is unrelated to perceptual development.
• D) It fosters all aspects of psychological development.

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Definitions:

Opponent-Process Theory

Theory stating that cells in the visual system respond to complementary pairs of red-green and blue-yellow colors; agiven cell might be excited by red and inhibited by green, whereas another cell might be excited by yellow and inhibited by blue

Afterimages

Visual illusions in which retinal impressions persist after the removal of a stimulus, often in complementary colors.

Trichromatic Theory

A theory in vision science that proposes the human eye has three types of receptors with differing sensitivities to different light wavelengths, corresponding to the colors red, green, and blue.

Apparent Movement

The perception of movement in a stationary object, or the perception of motion caused by certain visual cues or stimuli without actual motion.