Anne Is Driving Down a Residential Street on a Saturday

question 91

Multiple Choice

Anne is driving down a residential street on a Saturday afternoon and expects that she may see children playing outside on such a sunny,warm day.Out of the corner of her eye,she detects movement between two parked cars at the side of the road.She immediately presses the brake,interpreting the movement as that of a child.Later she is relieved to see that the movement came from an empty paper bag that is blowing in the wind.Anne's initial perception of the movement as that of a child can best be explained through the notion of ______.

• A)size constancy
• B)retinal image
• C)template matching
• D)top-down processing

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Definitions:

Opportunity Cost

The value of the next best alternative forgone as the result of making a decision.

Optimum

The most favorable condition or level at which the best possible outcome or maximum efficiency is achieved.

Sweater

A knitted garment typically covering the upper body, designed for warmth or fashion.

Neue Sachlichkeit

German, “new objectivity.” An art movement that grew directly out of the World War I experiences of a group of German artists who sought to show the horrors of the war and its effects.