AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Principle #3: proximity The principle of proximity states that things that are close together appear to be more related than things that are spaced farther apart. Source: Andy Rutledge. Proximity is so powerful that it overrides similarity of color, shape, and other factors that might differentiate a group of objects.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Gestalt law of proximity states that “objects or shapes that are close to one another appear to form groups". Even if the shapes, sizes, and objects are radically different, they will appear as a group if they are close. Refers to the way smaller elements are “assembled” in a composition.

Detailed explanation-3: -Our brains are built to see structure and patterns in order for us to better understand the environment that we’re living in. There are six individual principles commonly associated with gestalt theory: similarity, continuation, closure, proximity, figure/ground, and symmetry & order (also called prägnanz).

Detailed explanation-4: -Similarity. If proximity is due to position, then the Gestalt principle of similarity is how we piece information together by how similar objects are. For example, if there were five dogs of all different breeds and five cats of different breeds, then we would group them as cats and dogs.