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• Symmetry: the mind perceives objects as being symmetrical and forming around a center point. • Law of Common Fate: For example, if there are an array of dots and half the dots are moving upward while the other half are moving downward, we would perceive the upward moving dots and the downward m...

• Symmetry: the mind perceives objects as being symmetrical and forming around a center point. • Law of Common Fate: For example, if there are an array of dots and half the dots are moving upward while the other half are moving downward, we would perceive the upward moving dots and the downward moving dots as two distinct units. Law of Past Experiences: The law of past experience implies that under some circumstances visual stimuli are categorized according to past experience. If two objects tend to be observed within close proximity, or small temporal intervals, the objects are more likely to be perceived together. For example, the English language contains 26 letters that are grouped to form words using a set of rules. If an individual reads an English word they have never seen, they use the law of past experience to interpret the letters "L" and "I" as two letters beside each other, rather than using the law of closure to combine the letters and interpret the object as an uppercase U Contextual Effects: the context in which stimuli are presented and the processes of perceptual organization contribute to how people perceive those stimuli (and also that the context can establish the way in which stimuli are organized) • • Sight (Vision) Structure of the Eye • • Conjunctiva: thin layer of cells that lines the inside of your eyelids from the eye. Cornea: transparent thick sheet of fibrous tissue, anterior 1/6th; starts to bends light, first part of eye light hits. Sprot Sor nea 17