As a door opens toward you, you perceive it as a rectangular door

As you go through the door, the actual image changes on the retina (from rectangular to trapezoid). However, you still recognize it as a rectangular door. This is an example of
a. perceptual closure.
b. shape constancy.
c. ambiguous stimuli.
d. retinal disparity.


ANSWER: b

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