Mick is reading a book about horses while he and his family travel by train. Mick looks up from his book and sees a tiny horse through his window. When his brother looks out the window, he sees that the animal is, in fact, a cow far off in the distance. Why did Mick perceive the animal to be a tiny horse?

Mick is reading a book about horses while he and his family travel by train. Mick looks up from his book and sees a tiny horse through his window. When his brother looks out the window, he sees that the animal is, in fact, a cow far off in the distance. Why did Mick perceive the animal to be a tiny horse?

Mick is reading a book about horses while he and his family travel by train. Mick looks up from his book and sees a tiny horse through his window. When his brother looks out the window, he sees that the animal is, in fact, a cow far off in the distance. Why did Mick perceive the animal to be a tiny horse?




A)
Misapplication of shape constancy; influence of top-down processing
B)
Misapplication of shape constancy; influence of bottom-up processing
C)
Misapplication of size constancy; influence of top-down processing
D)
Misapplication of size constancy; influence of bottom-up processing




Answer: C