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ericka1

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Joe enters a room, sees a novel object, and promptly walks over and sits on it. The object was about the size of a small table and had a flat, smooth surface at approximately knee height. If asked to explain Joe's behavior, Gibson would likely say that Joe _____.
 
  A) was acting based on affordances
  B) had sustained damage to his hippocampus
  C) had learned the function of the object from optic flow
  D) was suffering from optic ataxia

Question 2

M.P., a person with brain damage that resulted in the inability to name objects, could _____.
 
  A) identify objects more accurately when given the name of the object
  B) identify objects more accurately when given the function of the object
  C) not identify any of the objects, even when given both the name and function
  D) not identify the object more accurately if permitted to interact with the object



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B




ericka1

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
:D TYSM


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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