The demonstration in your text that asks you to visualize scenes such as an office, a department store clothing section, a lion, and a microscope often results in more details in the scene of the office or department store than the scene with the lion or microscope. The latter two tend to have fewer details because most individuals from modern society have less knowledge of _____ in those scenes.
A) physical regularities
B) semantic regularities
C) pragnanz
D) double dissociation

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Semantic regularities refer to the consistent relationships between semantic labels, such as "lion" and "safari," or "microscope" and "laboratory." These labels are less familiar to many individuals compared to the labels associated with everyday scenes such as an office or department store clothing section, leading to less detailed visualizations in these less familiar scenes. Physical regularities refer to the consistent physical characteristics of objects and scenes, pragnanz refers to the principle of perceptual organization that favors simplicity and regularity, and double dissociation refers to a research method in neuropsychology.

The Demonstration in Your Text That Asks You to Visualize