You are seated at a small table talking to a friend opposite you who is drinking coffee. As she lifts the cup off the saucer and raises it to her mouth, the image made on your retina by the bottom of the cup actually changes shape, but you still "see" it as round due to __________.
A. good continuation
B. movement parallax
C. perceptual constancy
D. proximity
Answer: C
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