In the textbook is a photomosaic by Robert Silver that is made up entirely of small,
individual photos. An infant or newly sighted person would see only a jumble of meaningless colors. However, most people say that they see a familiar picture. This illustrates that visual perception involves
a. the automatic recording of action potentials by the rods and cones.
b. finding meaningful patterns in complex stimuli.
c. the storage and retrieval of particular visual scenes into your vestibulary system.
d. habituating the image and assimilating it into an existing schema.
ANSWER: b
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