Essay Question for Psych.
1. If I were to design a study to examine the effects of taking an online course, I would do a case study. I would find a subject and record their behavioral patterns during attendance at a university. I would observe course load, study habits, length of study time, quality of assignments and overall grades. I would then do the same with an online course, studying the same patterns and behaviors.2. Life is good. I am doing one of the activities that I most enjoy. I am taking a nice long walk in the woods. All of the sudden, a HUGE bear appears out of nowhere. This scary creature is standing 10 feet in front of me. He stops, glances at me as if debating whether to come close to me or not, and continues on. I should feel better with his departure. But fear has already taken hold. It must be some kind of spinal reflex. My sensory nerves kick in. They see the scary bear, and send the message of fear to my spinal cord, where they are then transmitted to my brain. Next, my motor nerves carry orders to my muscles, glands and other internal organs to actually react to what my sensory nerves say. This all happens in a matter of seconds.....and I
------------------------------------------------------------------------ e. Color constancy is basically the ability to see familiar objects in the same color regardless of the illumination. Shape constancy is this same, only with shape. It allows us to perceive familiar objects as having a permanent shape, even though we look at these objects from many different angles. For example, we still see a door as a square object, regardless of the angle in which we view it. Next, and just as important, is size constancy. Generally, we see an object as remaining the same size, even though the image it actually casts on the retina may vary. For example, as the distance of an object becomes farther away from us, the image it casts on the retina becomes smaller. We still tend to perceive that object as being the same size, just being farther away. 4. Perceptual constancies are important in allowing us to experience continuity. They are responsible for allowing us to perceive objects in a consistent manner, despite the fact that the angles and distance from which we see theses objects is constantly changing. Without perceptual constancies, our world would be a v
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