The relationship in which one part of a stimulus configuration dominates a situation, such as a visual field, while other aspects recede into the background, is called the ________ principle.
A) foreground-background
B) onstage-offstage
C) figure-ground
D) dominant-recessive

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The figure-ground principle refers to the way we visually distinguish between an object (the figure) and its surrounding area (the ground), where the figure is the main focus and the ground is the less distinct background.

The Relationship in Which One Part of a Stimulus Configuration