Although College Textbooks Frequently Cast a Trapezoidal Image on the Retina,students

question 113

Multiple Choice

Although college textbooks frequently cast a trapezoidal image on the retina,students typically perceive the books as rectangular objects.This illustrates the importance of

• A) size constancy.
• B) linear perspective.
• C) shape constancy.
• D) binocular cues.

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Definitions:

Perceptual Adaptation

The ability of the body to adjust to an environment or stimuli, changing the way it perceives sensory information over time.

Interposition

A visual cue in which an object partially covers another, suggesting depth perception.

Precognition

The purported psychic ability to see or know about events before they happen.

Precognition

The ability or claimed ability to see or know about events before they happen, often regarded as a psychic phenomenon.