Joan Is Briefly Shown a Geometric Figure on a Card

question 43

Multiple Choice

Joan is briefly shown a geometric figure on a card. Then the stimulus picture is removed. Joan cannot pick out that same geometric figure from a group of geometric pictures. Her problem is

• A)visual acuity.
• B)figure-ground discrimination.
• C)visual closure.
• D)visual discrimination.
• E)visual memory.

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