Looking at a quarter in your hand casts a different image on your retina compared to looking at a quarter across the room, yet we know that the quarter is the same and retains the same dimensions. This phenomenon is known as
A) size constancy.
B) the figure-ground phenomenon.
C) the Ponzo illusion.
D) gestalt closure.

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The phenomenon described pertains to size constancy, where we perceive objects as maintaining the same size despite changes in their image on our retina. The other options (B, C, D) refer to different perceptual phenomena.

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