Which Gestalt Principle Is at Work When a Ventriloquist Moves

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which Gestalt principle is at work when a ventriloquist moves the dummy's mouth while doing the talking,making it seem like the dummy is talking?

• A)closure
• B)similarity
• C)contiguity
• D)continuity

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Definitions:

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment or intervention being tested, used as a benchmark.

Representativeness

A cognitive heuristic where people judge the probability of an event by how much it resembles their expectations of a typical example.

Control Group

A group in an experiment or study that does not receive the treatment and is used as a benchmark to measure the effects of the treatment.

False Negatives

Errors where a test result incorrectly indicates no presence of a condition when it is actually present.