Quinn Has Spent the Afternoon Setting Up Hundreds of Dominoes

question 6

Multiple Choice

Quinn has spent the afternoon setting up hundreds of dominoes. When his brother gets home, he comments that Quinn has created an interesting clover-leaf pattern. Though Quinn wasn't aware he was doing this, he is able to see the pattern when his brother points it out. Which Gestalt principle are both boys using?

• A) Similarity
• B) Figure-ground
• C) Concentrics
• D) Continuity

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Definitions:

X and Y

Often used in economic models to represent variables, products, or factors that can influence outcomes in analyses.

Consuming

The act of using up goods and services to satisfy wants or needs.

Maximizing Utility

The process of choosing the allocation of scarce resources that provides the highest possible satisfaction or happiness to an individual or society.

Marginal Utility

The change in overall satisfaction or utility obtained by consuming one additional unit of a good or service.