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c0205847 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

In East Africa, legends abound about the ratel (honey badger), a fiercely combative predator that attacks its prey's genitals. Freud would claim that stories about honey badgers are especially fearful to boys who

a. presently experience the Oedipus complex.
b. suffer from testicular feminization syndrome.
c. have parents who accept psychological androgyny.
d. worry about self-fulfilling prophecies.

Question 2

Research indicates that very young infants (zero to two months) have a number of preferences with regard to characteristics of visual stimuli; list at least four such characteristics.

What will be an ideal response?

Eunice618 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

(1) High and sharp contrast, with regard to light and dark areas. (2) Moderately complex stimuli, as opposed to simple or highly complex stimuli. (3) Movement of stimuli. (4) Whatever they can see well, given visual limitations in this age range. And (5) human faces instead of many other objects because human faces incorporate many of the above visual properties.