A general conclusion that one might draw from the

relationship between San bushmen's experiences and their perception of the Müller­Lyer illusion is that
a. past experience and perceptual habits play a role in determining human perception.
b. some principles of perception are universal.
c. people cannot trust their own senses because they can never provide completely reliable knowledge.
d. perception has a more powerful effect on experience than experience on perception.


ANSWER: a

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