Nikki Was Walking Around a Department Store Shopping One Day

question 14

Multiple Choice

Nikki was walking around a department store shopping one day, and did not realize that the shirt she was wearing looked just like the shirts worn by employees. When a stranger asked, "do you work here," she thought it was funny. The other customers' assumption that Nikki was a store employee demonstrates the Gestalt principle of _______.

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

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