AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Figure Ground Perception: the ability to focus on and identify a specific item as separate from the background. It includes the ability to filter out irrelevant surrounding items. Difficulties occur when people are unable to identify objects from the surfaces they are on or from other objects which overlap them.

Detailed explanation-2: -The figure-ground relationship is commonly associated with graphic design and with the psychology of visual perception: it refers to the relationship between a subject or figure and the background against which it is set and stands out (or not), how we perceive and distinguish discrete things.

Detailed explanation-3: -The figure-ground principle states that people instinctively perceive objects as either being in the foreground or the background. They either stand out prominently in the front (the figure) or recede into the back (the ground).

Detailed explanation-4: -Figure-ground discrimination or perception refers to the ability to separate the elements of a visual image on the basis of contrast (e.g., light, dark), to perceive an object (figure) against a background (ground).