People Are Apt to See the Following Figure as an Outline

question 78

Multiple Choice

People are apt to see the following figure as an outline square covered in its lower right corner by a white line rather than as a rearrangement of the two separate figures on the right. What grouping factor of perceptual organization best explains this?

• A) perceptual constancy
• B) opponent-processing
• C) good continuation
• D) figure-ground separation

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