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kinds of containers, such as a cooking pot, a basket, an envelope.

(4) The law of Proximity: If they are linked together, then they belong together. A pile of rocks, trees, sand at the seashore.

(5) Law of Symmetry: We perceive of the phrase "square pegs will not fit in round holes. Things that fit together must be similar in nature. A key fit's a lock designed for that particular key.

(6) Law of Continuity: With our perception we tend to see further than what is obvious. The illustration the research article gave was of dissecting lines. Although you lay two straight lines diagonally across each other, the mind follows the straight line and does not stop at the intersection and perceive the pie triangular enclosures. The enclosures are incidental to the two straight lines, although they are most obvious to the eye.
(7) Figure Foreground: What is in the foreground, the most powerful image will engage our attention, and our perception first. That is why artist will always have a something in painting that draws our attention to it.

Gestalt concerns itself with memory, and in our minds we have a natural tendency to straighten the crooked, to finish the unfinished. Productive thinking is moving the unseen objects around so that we can better understand them. Since it is in our natures to bring order out of chaos, physically, mentally and emotionally.

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