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

question 860

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 add letters to these words when proofreading illustrates which perceptual principle?

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

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Definitions:

Sleepwalking

A disorder that causes people to get up and walk around while in a state of sleep.

Night Terrors

A sleep disorder causing feelings of terror or dread, and typically occurs during the first hours of stage 3-4 non-REM sleep; differs from nightmares.

Non-REM Sleep

A stage of sleep characterized by slower brain waves, reduced body movement, and absence of dreams, consisting of stages 1, 2, and deep stages 3 and 4.

Nightmares

Disturbing dreams that cause the dreamer to wake up feeling anxious and frightened.