The illusion that results from the "Ames room" demonstrates that
a. perceived distance affects perceived size.
b. interposition cues are stronger than convergence cues.
c. perceptual constancies require binocular perception.
d. impossible objects do not really exist.
Answer: a. perceived distance affects perceived size.
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A. dominant-recessive inheritance B. incomplete dominance C. polygenic inheritance D. genomic imprinting
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For interactionist theory, grammatical speech
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