power to receive information from your surroundings through your senses. Perceptual con-

stancies is the ability to filter and organize all the information taken in by our senses. Shape

constancy gives us the ability to realize the shape of an object does not change when the angle

of vision changes. Size constancy is the realization that an objects size does not change reg-

ardless of the distance from you. Another type organizational stategy is figure-ground. This is

the ability to distinguish the back-ground from the object of focus. With these organizational

stategies, questions arise pertaining to the extent and origin of these abilities. Is our ability to

perceive figure-ground relationships present from birth, or are they tought to us in

constancies, or to judge distances. Turnbull took Kenge to a clearing to see the Ruwenzori

grazing buffalo, to show him the true size of the animals. As they approached the herd, Kenge

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Turnbull Kenge, Learned Sensation, Ruwenzori Mountains, Forest Congo, turnbull kenge, size constancy, birth tought, size animals, perceptual skills, figure-ground relationships, type research,
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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)