Assume That the Values in the Table Above Are Representative

question 53

Multiple Choice

Assume that the values in the table above are representative of most neighbourhoods,i.e. ,unique colours are an external cost while traditional colours are an external benefit.One could predict that

• A) the distribution of unique and traditional colours will be 50-50.
• B) if one house is uniquely coloured,all houses will be.
• C) if one house is traditionally coloured,no unique coloured houses will be present.
• D) colours of houses will be relatively homogeneous.
• E) colours of houses will be relatively heterogeneous.

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Definitions:

Temporal Cortex

Part of the cerebral cortex involved in processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Unconscious Inference

A process postulated by Hermann von Helmholtz to explain certain perceptual phenomena such as size constancy. For example, an object is perceived to be at a certain distance and this is unconsciously taken into account in assessing its retinal image size, with the result that size constancy is maintained.

Size Constancy

The perceptual understanding that an object's size remains the same despite changes in the distance from which it is observed.

Perceptual Constancy

The brain's ability to recognize that an object's characteristics remain the same despite changes in the sensory input, such as distance or lighting.