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| The perceptual tendency to group together elemts that seem alike |
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| The psychological process of organizing and interpreting sensory stimulation. |
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| The tendency to perceive a complete or whole figure even when there are gaps in sensory information. |
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| The perceptual tendency to group stimuli into continuous patterns. |
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| The perceptual tendency to group together visual and auditory events taht are near each other. |
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| The process by which people become more sensitive to weak stimuli and less sensitive to unchanging stimuli. |
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| The stimulation of sensory receptors and the transmission of sensory information to the central nervous system. |
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| The weakest amount of a particular stimulus that can be sensed. |
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| The tendency to perceive objects that are moving together as belonging together. |
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| The minimum amount of difference that can be detected between two stimuli. |
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| A method of distinguishing sensory stimuli that takes into account the strength of the stiuli and also such elements as setting, mood, and attitudes. |
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