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=== Figure-ground Relationship ===
 
=== Figure-ground Relationship ===
According to this Gestalt principle, we tend to segment our visual world into figure and ground. Figure is the object or person that is the focus of the visual field, while ground is the background.  
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According to this Gestalt principle, we tend to segment our visual world into figure and ground. Figure is the object or person that is the focus of the visual field, while ground is the background. Perce
    
The other factors which determine perceptual grouping are:-  
 
The other factors which determine perceptual grouping are:-  
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(a) Proximity: All other factors being equal, stimuli that are near one another tend to be grouped together. For example, if four stand near one another and a fifth 10 feet away, the adjacent four will be seen as a group and the distant fifth as an outsider. Events that are close in time and space are also perceived together.  
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=== Proximity ===
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All other factors being equal, stimuli that are near one another tend to be grouped together. For example, if four persons stand near one another and a fifth 10 feet away, the adjacent four will be seen as a group and the distant fifth as an outsider. Events that are close in time and space are also perceived together.  
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(b) Similarity: Stimuli that are similar in size, shape or color tend to be grouped together.  
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=== Similarity ===
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Stimuli that are similar in size, shape or color tend to be grouped together.  
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(c) Continuity: Perception tends toward simplicity and continuity. Even if there are dots in a circular fashion, the person will see them as a complete circle.  
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=== Continuity ===
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Perception tends toward simplicity and continuity. Even if there are dots in a circular fashion, the person will see them as a complete circle.  
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(d) Closure: It is the tendency to complete a figure that is incomplete but has a consistent overall form. (e) Common region: Stimuli that are found within a common area tend to be seen as a group.
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=== Closure ===
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It is the tendency to complete a figure that is incomplete but has a consistent overall form. (e) Common region: Stimuli that are found within a common area tend to be seen as a group.
    
== Illusions ==
 
== Illusions ==

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