Clinical Psychology
Module Five Questions
Based on the results obtained in Santa's (1977) classic study, in what brain area would you expect that geometric information is analyzed? In what area of the brain would you expect verbal information to be analyzed?
I would expect that verbal information (words) would be analyzed in the left half of the brain while geometric information would be analyzed in the right half of the brain in a right-handed person.
I am following Brooks' procedure to scan a block letter. I began my scan at the bottom left point of the letter. The correct sequence of responses is: yes, yes, yes, no, no, yes. What is the letter?
The letter is "L."
I would like you to compare your god/divinity/first-cause (select one) constructions to those presented by Kunkel et al.
Kunkel et al. (1999) describe a number of the concepts that their subjects have developed to conceptualize their idea of God or other...
These concepts include various combinations of the following: Human-like, mysterious, vengeful, inspirational, guiding, benevolent, and powerful. Due to personal beliefs as well as the overall belief system in which they live, individuals differ as to the ways in which each of these separate complex concepts are intermixed. My own representation is not like any of these because I see the universe in purely humanistic terms. The only truly accurate term that I see from the concept maps that their subjects offered is "mysterious," which is what I find the nature of my world to be.
4. Find an image of a Necker cube. What occurs as you look at it? Now imagine a Necker cube. Did you have similar experiences?
Looking at the picture of a Necker cube for me is like looking at a fluorescent bulb when it has started to flicker. There's an annoying oscillating quality to as I try to resolve it and it flips back and forth from one possible (imaginary) cube to…
