Ebony and Austin Are Looking at an Abstract Painting in a Museum

Multiple Choice

Ebony and Austin are looking at an abstract painting in a museum. Ebony describes objects and people she thinks she sees in the painting. Austin says, "It's a bunch of paint thrown on a canvas." Ebony responds, "No, there is so much here that you just don't see." During lunch, they agree that their experience reminds them of what concept they learned in introductory psychology?

A) social cognition
B) trait theory
C) projective testing
D) the Big Five