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
ANSWER:
d
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