A large globe of the world sits at the front of your geography classroom. No matter the angle at which you view the globe, you still perceive it as a round globe. This is an example of:

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This is an example of shape constancy, which is the ability to perceive an object as the same shape regardless of the angle it is viewed from. In this case, the globe appears round no matter what angle it is viewed from. The law of similarity refers to grouping similar elements together, aerial perspective refers to the blurring effect of the atmosphere on distant objects, and figure-ground relationship refers to the ability to distinguish between an object and its background. None of these concepts are particularly relevant to the perception of the globe as round.

A Large Globe of the World Sits at the Front