When You Stand to the Side of a Window Frame

question 357

Multiple Choice

When you stand to the side of a window frame, it casts a trapezoidal (nonrectangular) image on your retina. It still seems rectangular to you, though, because of ________.

• A) the phi phenomenon
• B) figure-ground constancy
• C) shape constancy
• D) size constancy

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