Consider the Two Following Patterns: >>>>><<<<< and

question 190

Multiple Choice

Consider the two following patterns: >>>>><<<<< and +++++*****.The 10 characters in the first pattern are perceived as a single figure, whereas the 10 characters in the second pattern are perceived as two groups of five characters each.Which Gestalt principle accounts for this outcome?

• A)similarity
• B)symmetry
• C)proximity
• D)closure

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