When looking at the map that Quinlan drew of his hometown,one notices that streets with "odd" intersections appear to be more perpendicular than what they really are.This would be an example of
A)route-road knowledge
B)relative-position heuristic
C)survey
D)right-angle bias

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The right-angle bias refers to the tendency to perceive angles as being more perpendicular than they actually are, which can lead to misperceptions of spatial relationships. This corresponds to the observation that streets with "odd" intersections in Quinlan's map appear more perpendicular than they really are.

When Looking at the Map That Quinlan Drew of His