The Ames Room,in Which People Are Seen to Get Small

question 241

Multiple Choice

The Ames room,in which people are seen to get small or enlarge as they move about,demonstrates that our perception of the world depends strongly on

• A) the assumptions we make about it.
• B) the actual, distal stimuli.
• C) the proximal stimulus elements.
• D) bottom-up processing.

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