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) figure-ground.
C) the Ponzo illusion.
D) Gestalt closure.

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The phenomenon described is size constancy, which refers to our ability to perceive objects as maintaining the same size even when their retinal image changes due to differences in distance or angle of observation. The other options listed (figure-ground, the Ponzo illusion, and Gestalt closure) refer to different perceptual phenomena.

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