When shown a picture of a hunting scene,African people perceived the hunter as attempting to kill a baby elephant,while Westerns tended to perceive that the hunter was after another animal and thought that the baby elephant was actually an adult elephant off in the distance.These results were presented as an example of the lack of consistency across cultures of __________ depth cues.

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Monocular depth cues are visual cues that can be perceived even with one eye, and they include cues such as relative size, familiar size, linear perspective, and texture gradient. The fact that African people and Westerners have different perceptions of the same image suggests that there may be cultural differences in how these monocular depth cues are interpreted. Binocular depth cues require both eyes and include cues such as stereopsis and convergence, which are not relevant to this particular example. Linear perspective is a monocular cue, but it does not specifically refer to the cultural differences in this scenario. The term "convergent" is not a valid option in this context.

When Shown a Picture of a Hunting Scene,African People Perceived