Gracie, Sheila's five-year-old daughter, counted four pairs of shoes by the doorway instead of eight individual shoes because her organization skills were now able to relate to
A) proximity.
B) closure.
C) attribution.
D) prototyping.

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Gracie's counting of shoes by pairs instead of as individual items demonstrates an understanding of proximity, a principle of Gestalt psychology that objects close to each other are perceived as a group.

Gracie, Sheila's Five-Year-Old Daughter, Counted Four Pairs of Shoes by the Doorway