Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 2

Although the size, shape, brightness, and color of objects are constantly changing, we tend to see them as remaining the same, a phenomenon that is called (a) _____. A person walking away does not appear to grow smaller, even though the image on the retina is decreasing in size, because of (b) _____ constancy. Even though the image of a door that is opened and closed changes on the retina from a rectangle to a trapezoid, we see it as retaining its rectangular outline because of (c) _____ constancy. even though the color and brightness inside a car are altered when we drive from bright into dim light, we tend to see little change because of (d) _____ and _____ constancy.