AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

VISION SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Although textbooks frequently cast a trapezoidal image on the retina, students typically perceive the books as rectangular objects. This illustrates the importance of
A
shape constancy.
B
linear perspective.
C
size constancy.
D
interposition.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: C ) the phi phenomenon . 145 . Although college textbooks frequently cast a trapezoidal image on the retina, students typically perceive the books as rectangular objects .

Detailed explanation-2: -Colour constancy is the tendency of objects to appear the same colour even under changing illumination. A yellow banana appears yellow whether you see it in the tungsten light of the kitchen or in sunlight outdoors.

Detailed explanation-3: -perceptual constancy, also called object constancy, or constancy phenomenon, the tendency of animals and humans to see familiar objects as having standard shape, size, colour, or location regardless of changes in the angle of perspective, distance, or lighting.

Detailed explanation-4: -Figure-ground: the organization of the visual field into objects (the figures) that stand out from their surroundings (the ground). Grouping: the perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups.

Detailed explanation-5: -Depth perception that uses information transmitted to only one eye depends on what? monocular cues.

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