Why Is the Law of Similarity Not a Good Explanation

question 26

Multiple Choice

Why is the Law of Similarity not a good explanation of perceptual grouping?

• A) It is hard to understand
• B) It is a re-description of the phenomena which it seeks to explain
• C) There are experiments which disprove it
• D) There are other perceptual laws which contradict it

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Definitions:

Operon

In prokaryotes, a group of structural genes that are coordinately controlled and transcribed as a single message, plus their adjacent regulatory elements.

Protein Binding

The interaction between a protein and another molecule, which could be another protein, a small molecule, or DNA, critical for many biological processes.

cAMP Levels

Concentrations of cyclic adenosine monophosphate, a secondary messenger important in many biological processes including signal transduction and intracellular communication.

CAP

A regulatory feature in some RNA molecules or a protein that can influence gene expression; context-dependent.