Sometimes once the figure is organized, it cannot be changed, and sometimes it is organized incorrectly.
On a dictation tests we often feel we could do much better if we were given more time between words.
3. Organization is achieved in a timely manner but the figure can not be reorganized. You may have experienced this in the reversible figure ground task involving the old verses the young lady. Once you were able to see the one, you may have found it difficult to switch back (reorganize your figure ground) to see the other. This is sometimes referred to as Stimulus Bound.
This rigidity, on a larger scale, is reminiscent of the perseverative behavior exhibited on the motor level by some individuals with brain pathologies. Once they get a motor set, they cannot stop the activity.
4. Organization is achieved in a timely manner but the figure is incorrect!
This is particularly likely to occur, as we shall see later, when the behavioral factor of expectations become involved. The saying that " We see what we want to see," is very germane here.