Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 33

Many of the rules of perceptual organization involve ways of grouping or arranging stimuli. According to one of these rules, the first thing we do is automatically separate an image into two parts: the more detailed feature of an image becomes the (a) _____ and the less detailed aspects become the (b) _____. According to the (c) _____ rule, stimuli tend to be organized in the most basic, elementary way. According to the (d) _____ rule, stimuli that appear the same tend to be grouped together. According to the (e) _____ rule, stimuli that are near one another tend to be grouped together. According to the (f) _____ rule, stimuli that are arranged in a smooth line or curve tend to be perceived as forming a continuous path. According to the (g) _____ rule, we tend to fill in the missing parts of a figure and perceive it as complete.