The Shepard's Table Illusion Is an Example of

question 68

Multiple Choice

The Shepard's Table illusion is an example of

• A) how rods and cones enable the perception of different colors,brightness,and constancy.
• B) the way that the brain uses built-in assumptions about the physical world but can be fooled.
• C) the way shape constancy is perceived by the brain to understand and function in the real world.
• D) how the perceptual system can judge relationships between objects and their actual size.

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Definitions:

Phyletic Gradualism

The idea that evolution occurs by a slow, steady accumulation of genetic changes over time; also called gradualism. Compare with punctuated equilibrium.

Stabilizing Selection

A type of natural selection that favors the average individuals in a population, reducing variation.

Fossil Record

The accumulation of evidences, such as bones, shells, or imprints, left by organisms in sedimentary rocks, providing a historical sequence of life on Earth.

Speciation

The evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct species, typically through genetic isolation from other populations.