Copolla Et Al

question 38

Multiple Choice

Copolla et al. (1998) gave students at Duke University digital cameras and told them to go to different areas on campus and take a picture every two minutes. Based on known physical regularities in the environment, what would you expect the photos to reveal?

• A) Horizontal and vertical orientations were the major physical regularities.
• B) Diagonal orientations were the major environmental regularities.
• C) Gestalt principles were incompatible with the major environmental regularities.
• D) Environmental irregularities were more salient than environmental regularities.

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