When you look at yourself in a mirror from a distance, the image of your face is considerably smaller than your face actually is. Nevertheless, your face appears normal. This fact is explained by
A)the principle of common region.
B)the concept of size constancy.
C)the concept of shape constancy.
D)habituation.

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The concept of size constancy explains this phenomenon. It means that our perceptions of the size of objects are relatively constant even when the distance from them varies, allowing us to perceive the size of objects (like our face in the mirror) as being the same despite the actual image size on our retina changing with distance.

When You Look at Yourself in a Mirror from a Distance