When People Watch an Ice-Skating Show, They Perceptually Place All

question 44

Multiple Choice

When people watch an ice-skating show, they perceptually place all the people skating to the left in one group and those skating to the right in a separate group. According to the principles of perceptual grouping clarified by the Gestalt psychologists, this illustrates the principle of:

• A) proximity.
• B) similarity.
• C) common motion.
• D) symmetry.

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