The Tendency of Our Visual System to Perceive an Object

question 160

Multiple Choice

The tendency of our visual system to perceive an object as having the same dimensions and measurements, even though the image of the object on our retina may change with distance is called ________________.

• A)brightness constancy
• B)size constancy
• C)perceptual continuity
• D)perceptual similarity

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Definitions:

Explicit Memory

A form of enduring memory that entails the deliberate recall of particular details and occurrences.

Semantic Memory

Explicit memory of facts and general knowledge; one of our two conscious memory systems (the other is episodic memory).

Episodic Memory

Explicit memory of personally experienced events; one of our two conscious memory systems (the other is semantic memory).

Hippocampus

A major component of the brain in humans and other vertebrates, involved in the consolidation of new memories and in spatial memory that enables navigation.