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At the House of Reptiles, 3-year-old Sinead is intrigued by a motionless python snake in a large cage with three parallel viewing windows. Sinead cries out, Look mommy, a snake According to Gestalt psychology, how does Sinead know that the snake is not broken into individual segments?
 
  a. the principle of continuity
  b. the principle of familiarity
  c. the principle of order
  d. the principle of fragmentation

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On a class trip to the Art Institute of Chicago, Sami is entranced by the painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, by Georges-Pierre Seurat. He is amazed that although the painting is constructed of individual dots of color, the objects in the painting are easily recognizable. According to Gestalt psychology, which of the following best explains this phenomenon?
 
  a. differentiation and allocation
  b. proximity and allocation
  c. differentiation and similarity
  d. proximity and similarity



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
d




Mimi

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Excellent


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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