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Question 29

Dev holds one finger up at arm's length. He looks at it with only his left eye and then with only his right eye, and the finger seems to jump sideways against the background. When he brings the finger closer to his face, the jump gets bigger.

Use retinal disparity to explain what Dev sees.

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1.2 Perception Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /1.2 Perception

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.

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