A child is driving a bumper car in an amusement park. At the last instant he swerves to avoid a crash with another car. His ability to sense how quickly another car is approaching is based primarily on the

a. speed of the air molecules impacting on his face.
b. rate at which his retinal image of the other car expands.
c. peripheral cues associated with motion parallax.
d. increasing intensity of the sound made by the other car.

Answer: b. rate at which his retinal image of the other car expands.

Psychology

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Jean-Jacque Rousseau felt that children were born with an innate sense of right and wrong and referred to children as ___________

a. noble savages c. tabula rasa b. natural animals d. evolved animals

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