Choose three Gestalt principles of perceptual organization and explain them (drawing pictures may help). Why are these referred to as "principles of perceptual organization"?

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* Figure and ground involve organization of the focus (figure) of our attention and the background (ground).
* Proximity suggests that perceptual elements seen close together are seen as a group.
* Similarity suggests that perceptual elements seen as a group are seen as similar.
* Good continuation and direction indicate that smooth, flowing figures are more readily perceived than choppy, broken figures.
* Inclusiveness states that the identity of a smaller figure may be lost within a larger, more complex figure.
* These are referred to as the principles of perceptual organization because they serve as the building blocks for our automatic method to organizing our perceptual environment.