As you sit back at a baseball game, you perceive the ball being pitched, the batter hitting it, the ball shooting high into center field, and being caught. Gestalt psychologists would argue that this perception is:
A. adding together individual sensations
B. combining larger and larger units of sensations
C. the result of your brain following a set of rules to create a meaningful experience
D. formed by adding many basic elements
Answer: C
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