When Organizing Perceptual Inputs, People Tend to Mentally Fill in Missing

question 227

Multiple Choice

When organizing perceptual inputs, people tend to mentally fill in missing elements in a pattern or statement. This principle is called

• A) interpretation.
• B) completion.
• C) distortion.
• D) closure.
• E) linking.

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