Their theory expressed the belief that experiences were "reduced to individual parts, and against behaviorism's reduction of experiences to simple stimulus-response reflexes" (Dahl, 2005). ... A simple example of this would be a spot of one color surrounded by a different color. In this particular example, we would perceive the visual field as two components: the spot and the surrounding color. ...

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In fact, many species of animals have evolved exquisite sensory and perceptual systems that aid their survival. ... Note that in the example above, you did not stop to read every single letter carefully. ... These men identified a number of principles by which people organize isolated parts of a visual stimulus into groups or whole objects. ... When we listen to music, for example, we do not hear a series of disconnected or random tones. ... For example, when you look at your computer monitor, the wall behind it becomes the background. ...

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