When you let go of a balloon and it floats away from you into the sky,the size of the retinal image gets smaller and smaller.However,you do not perceive the balloon as shrinking.This is an example of ______.
A)pattern recognition
B)bottom-up processing
C)size constancy
D)figure-ground organization

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This phenomenon is an example of size constancy, where the perceived size of an object remains constant despite changes in the size of the object on the retina. This is because the brain takes into account distance and interprets the object as being the same size even as it moves further away.

When You Let Go of a Balloon and It Floats