We tend to interpret visual stimuli in the way that produces the best, simplest, and most stable possible shape. This tendency is called _____, and the Gestalt psychologists believed that this law encompassed all the other Gestalt principles.

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The law described in the question is the law of Prägnanz, also known as the law of simplicity or the law of good figure. It refers to our tendency to interpret visual information in the simplest and most organized way possible. The Gestalt psychologists believed that this law was the most fundamental of all the principles they discovered.

We Tend to Interpret Visual Stimuli in the Way That