Contiguity Is the Tendency to Perceive ________

question 171

Multiple Choice

Contiguity is the tendency to perceive ________.

• A) objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping
• B) things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern
• C) two things that happen close together in time as being related
• D) objects that are in a common area or region as being in a group

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Definitions:

Shaded Area

Often used in graphs and charts to represent a particular section, range, or subset of data visually.

Distribution

Describes how the values of a dataset or population are spread or dispersed.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points relative to its mean, indicating how much the values in the data set vary from the average.

Normally Distributed

Describes a data set whose distribution forms a symmetric, bell-shaped curve around the mean.