The Ebbinghaus illusion as an example of a ______.
A) recency effect
B) perceptual contrast effect
C) attribution effect
D) primacy effect

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The Ebbinghaus illusion is a perceptual contrast effect, where the size of an object appears different depending on the size of the objects around it. In this illusion, a circle surrounded by smaller circles appears larger than the same sized circle surrounded by larger circles.

The Ebbinghaus Illusion as an Example of a ______