If Our Perceptual System Did Not Follow the Organizing Principle

question 110

Multiple Choice

If our perceptual system did not follow the organizing principle of constancy,____.

• A) external stimuli would be unidentifiable
• B) people would appear to change shape as they move in different directions
• C) sensory information would be delivered to the brain in incomplete units
• D) perceptual processing would be inefficient during times of stress

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Definitions:

Nativist Theory

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Telegraphic Speech

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Overregularization

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Past Tense of Verbs

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