At the corner of Lisa's desk is one of her favorite seashells. If you looked at Lisa's desk, you would tend to perceive the seashell as _____, and her desk as _____.

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The seashell is the figure, which is the object of focus or attention, while the desk is the ground, which forms the background or context of the seashell. This is an example of figure-ground perception, which involves the organization of visual elements into foreground and background. Choices A, C, and D do not accurately describe the nature of the relationship between the seashell and the desk, or the perceptual process involved in perceiving them as separate entities.

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