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Assignment:
1. Zombies engage in some bizarre behavior. For each of the zombie behaviors below, explain what part of the brain would have to change in order for the zombie behavior to occur.
1. Zombies struggle to speak clearly, and instead mumble and groan.
2. Zombies stagger and trip over small objects.
3. Zombies fail to plan ahead. They are easily distracted and will follow whatever catches their attention.
2. Explain how current research from the textbook on two of the following topics--size constancy, restored vision (after a lifetime of blindness), perceptual adaptation, and perceptual sets--serves to support and/or refute John Locke's emphasis on the importance of learning in perception (as opposed to the notion that perception is innate). John Locke argued that the mind was a "blank slate," or that nature didn't really play a role, only nurture, in development. Then explain how this information could be used in an example.
3. Give clear and well explained examples of each of the following theories. Make sure to use proper terminology from psychology.
a: Intrinsic motivation
b: extrinsic motivation
c: Yerkes-Dodson Law
d: Overjustification effect
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