AP PSYCHOLOGY

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SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

VISION SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The tendency to perceive objects that are located closer to the horizon as being more distant than objects located further from the horizon is known as ____
A
Relative size
B
Size constancy
C
Height in the visual field
D
Texture gradient
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Larger objects are perceived as being closer to the viewer and smaller objects as being farther away. When we expect two objects to be the same size and they are not, the larger of the two will appear closer and the smaller will appear farther away.

Detailed explanation-3: -Proximity-Nearness. The perceptual tendency to group together objects near one another.

Detailed explanation-4: -The principle of closure states that we organize our perceptions into complete objects rather than as a series of parts (figure below).

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