Perceptual Constancy Enables a Baby to Perceive

question 73

Multiple Choice

Perceptual constancy enables a baby to perceive

• A) that the toy in current view is the same as the one he viewed prior to blinking.
• B) a moving point-light display as a person who is walking.
• C) that Mommy is a constant size as she walks toward him despite the fact that her size on his retina changes.
• D) that the cat is still whole when it stands behind a table leg.

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Definitions:

Single-parent Households

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Nuclear Families

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