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. size constancy
B. shape constancy
C. figure-ground
D. the phi phenomenon


Answer: B

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A person exhibiting the visual-perceptual symptom of dyslexia would ______.

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A. hormones. B. neurotransmitters. C. limbic fluid. D. cerebrospinal fluid.

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