Gertrude is shown a picture of a backyard and later asked to replicate the image by drawing it.When compared to the original,her drawing has a "zoomed-out" perspective,and it includes more of the background than the original image actually did.This tendency is called

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The tendency to include more of the background than actually shown in an image is called "boundary extension." This is a common phenomenon observed in memory and cognition tasks that involve recalling visual information. Option A ("wide-angle memory") is not a recognized term in psychology, and options B and C ("larger context" and "eidetic imagery," respectively) do not specifically describe the phenomenon in question.

Gertrude Is Shown a Picture of a Backyard and Later