Introduction to Psychology

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Principle Description Example Image
rather than in
more
discontinuous
ways.

moves from the left and then
suddenly turns down. The
principle of continuity leads
us to see most lines as
following the smoothest
possible path.

Closure


We tend to fill in
gaps in an
incomplete image
to create a
complete, whole
object.

Closure leads us to see a
single spherical object at
right rather than a set of
unrelated cones.

Figure 4.1
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