The "Shadow Heuristic" Is All of the Following, Except

question 6

Multiple Choice

The "shadow heuristic" is all of the following, except

• A) when the brain assumes that light always falls from above.
• B) what makes us interpret two-dimensional shaded circles as three-dimensional bumps or holes.
• C) what allows us to measure the height of a tall structure by analyzing its shadow.
• D) when we sometimes mistakenly interpret the contours of a picture of a ball or a box.

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Definitions:

Eruptions

Violent expulsions of materials from a volcano or geothermal vent, including lava, ash, and gases.

Accretionary Prism

A prism- or wedge-shaped, structurally complex zone of faults, folds, and mostly metamorphosed rocks that form along the upper parts of a subduction zone; material derived from sediment contributed by adjacent volcanoes or a continent, along with oceanic crust scraped off the downgoing slab.

Oceanic Trench

Deep, narrow depressions in the ocean floor, often associated with subduction zones where one tectonic plate is diving beneath another.

Oceanic Crust

The part of Earth's crust that constitutes the ocean basins, thinner and denser than continental crust.