Lena cycles quickly along a straight path paved with square tiles. The tiles close to her front wheel look large and widely spaced, while those further ahead look smaller and packed together. The edges of the path stream past her, but a tower at the end of the path seems to stay still.
Use Gibson's direct theory of perception to explain how Lena perceives distance and her own movement.
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.