The rules of organization such as figure-ground and closure were developed by the ____ to describe how we perceive.

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The rules of organization such as figure-ground and closure were developed by the Gestalt psychologists to describe how we perceive. They focused on how we perceive wholes rather than the sum of individual parts, and how we organize information into patterns and structures. Structuralists, Freudians, and Behavioral psychologists did not focus on these principles of perception.

The Rules of Organization Such as Figure-Ground and Closure Were