An undercover agent notices a green car parked outside her apartment building when she leaves for work at 8:00 a.m. Later she notices the same car in a store parking lot and becomes suspicious that she is being followed. The agent's ability to recognize the car under these two different circumstances is an example of
A)viewer-centered object recognition.
B)object constancy.
C)perceptual categorization.
D) property-based organization.

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Object constancy refers to the ability to recognize an object as being the same, even when presented in different contexts (such as different lighting or from different angles). In this case, the undercover agent was able to recognize the green car as the same one despite seeing it in two different locations, which demonstrates object constancy. The other options - viewer-centered object recognition, perceptual categorization, and property-based organization - are not as applicable to this scenario.

An Undercover Agent Notices a Green Car Parked Outside Her