Some Perceptions Result from Assumptions We Make About the Environment

question 30

Multiple Choice

Some perceptions result from assumptions we make about the environment that we are not even aware of.This theory of unconscious inference was developed by

• A)Goldstein.
• B)Gestalt psychologists.
• C)Helmholtz.
• D)Gibson.

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