Contiguity is the tendency to perceive ________
a) objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping
b) things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern
c) two things that happen close together in time as being related
d) objects that are in a common area or region as being in a group
ANS: c
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