What is one likely explanation for many optical illusions?

What will be an ideal response?

People tend to interpret what they see as three-dimensional arrays, even when looking at a flat sheet of paper. If the context suggests that one part of an array is more distant than another, the viewer misestimates the distances, and therefore misjudges sizes.

Psychology

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a. uninvolved b. authoritarian c. permissive d. authoritative

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Ezekiel asks, “Mom, may I eat a hot fudge sundae with extra whipped cream?” When his mother replies that he may not, Ezekiel then asks if he may eat one cookie. Ezekiel is using the ____ technique for gaining compliance.?

a. ?bait-and-switch b. ?door-in-the-face c. ?foot-in-the-door d. ?low-ball

Psychology