Even Though You "Proofread" Your Term Paper, the Teacher Returns

question 88

Multiple Choice

Even though you "proofread" your term paper, the teacher returns your term paper with circles around several words in which you left out a letter when typing, such as "th" for "the" and "drivng" for "driving." Your tendency to mistakenly "see" extra letters in these words when proofreading illustrates which perceptual principle?

• A)closure
• B)contiguity
• C)figure-ground
• D)common region

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