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8.1 Perception

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Question 4

Sam watches a friend walk away from him down a long corridor. The image of his friend on Sam's retina gets smaller, but Sam does not perceive his friend as shrinking.

Name the perceptual constancy shown in this example.

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8.1 Perception Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /8.1 Perception

52 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 8.1 Perception, covering 8.1.1 Depth cues, illusions and constancies, 8.1.2 Direct Theory of Perception (Gibson, 1996), 8.1.3 Constructivist Theory of Perception (Gregory, 1970), and 8.1.4 Effects on perceptual set. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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