To simplify life, people have a natural tendency to select stimuli from the environment and organize them into groups and perceive them as a unified whole. In a perception context, this is known as ________.
A) figure-ground
B) perceptual blocking
C) perceptual mapping
D) grouping
E) closure

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Grouping refers to the perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups. This is part of Gestalt psychology principles, which emphasize that the whole of anything is greater than its parts.

To Simplify Life, People Have a Natural Tendency to Select