Terri is headed to the student center to get lunch during the lunch-hour rush. There is a sea of sensory information in the form of students, buildings, trees, and other environmental stimuli. Terri is able to spot her friend Josh due to her ability to make distinctions between sensory information and focus her attention on what is important in the visual scene. This is because Terri organizes the visual scene into __________.
A. figure and ground
B. image and background
C. primary stimulus and secondary stimuli
D. images and ground
Answer: A
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