Of the following, which best represents the perceptual notion of size constancy?

a. Even as viewing distance and retinal images change, we perceives objects as staying the same
size.
b. Retinal images are always the same size regardless of distance or viewing angle.
c. We can only perceive objects that fall within a fixed range of sizes.
d. Our perception of the size of one object will always be superimposed on similar kinds of
objects.


a. Even as viewing distance and retinal images change, we perceives objects as staying the same
size.

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