The door swings open and then closes again as Zannah's roommate enters the apartment. Zannah continues to see the door as rectangular even though the shape of its image on her retina progresses from a wide rectangle, through a series of parallelograms, to a very narrow rectangle, and then back again. Zannah's perception of the door as an unchanging rectangle exemplifies shape:

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Shape constancy refers to the ability to perceive an object as having a constant shape, despite changes in the shape of the image on the retina due to movement, angle of view, or other factors. In this case, Zannah's perception of the door as a rectangle remains constant even though the image on her retina changes shape. Therefore, the correct answer is shape constancy, which is option B.

The Door Swings Open and Then Closes Again as Zannah's