When Becca Sees Eight Candies on the Table That Are

question 131

Essay

When Becca sees eight candies on the table that are placed like this
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she asks which two children get the candies. How would a Gestalt psychologist explain Becca's tendency to view the candy in two groups rather than as eight separate candies?

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