If You Stand in the Middle of a Long, Straight

question 588

Multiple Choice

If you stand in the middle of a long, straight stretch of road, it appears as if the sides of the road meet near the horizon.Since you know that the sides of the road are parallel, the distance implied is given by the pictorial depth cue of

• A) atmospheric perspective.
• B) texture gradients.
• C) light and shadow.
• D) linear perspective.

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Definitions:

Conscience

An inner feeling or voice viewed as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

Superego

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the part of the psyche that acts as a moral center, incorporating the values and norms of society and acting as a counterbalance to the id.

Extinction Processes

In behavioral psychology, the gradual reduction and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response following the cessation of reinforcement.

Observational Learning

A learning process through which behaviors are acquired by watching and imitating others.