Title: “The Gestalt Principle of Proximity: How Our Perception is Influenced by Grouping” 1. The Gestalt principle of proximity states that objects that are close to each other are perceived as a group or unit. This means

Gestalt Psychology is an influential view of perception in particular. Select a Gestalt principle of perceptual grouping.
1. Describe the principle. 2. Give an example of how the principle might affect you in everyday life. 3. How is the phrase
“the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” illustrated by the principle? 4. How would the principle demonstrate either bottom-up or top-down processing?