Jonas looks at the Müller-Lyer illusion. The line with outward-pointing fins looks longer than the line with inward-pointing fins. He measures both lines with a ruler and finds they are the same length, but the first line still looks longer.
Use your knowledge of explanations of visual illusions to explain Jonas's experience.
66 exam-style questions on Oxford AQA IGCSE Psychology 1.2 Perception, covering 1.2.1 Sensation versus perception, 1.2.2 Monocular depth cues, 1.2.3 Binocular depth cues, 1.2.4 Gibson's direct theory of perception, 1.2.5 Motion parallax, 1.2.6 Explanations for visual illusions, 1.2.7 Examples of visual illusions, 1.2.8 Gregory's constructivist theory, 1.2.9 Factors affecting perception, and 1.2.10 Studies of factors affecting perception. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.