AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Closure (Reification): We prefer complete shapes, so we automatically fill in gaps between elements to perceive a complete image. That’s how we can see the whole first.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition: The principle of closure states that people will fill in blanks to perceive a complete object whenever an external stimulus partially matches that object. Even when we’re missing information, we tend to make sense of our environment by filling in the gaps to see a complete object.

Detailed explanation-3: -The classic principles of the gestalt theory of visual perception include similarity, continuation, closure, proximity, figure/ground, and symmetry & order (also known as prägnanz). Others, such as “common fate, ” have been added in recent years.

Detailed explanation-4: -The law of continuity suggests that we are more likely to perceive continuous, smooth flowing lines rather than jagged, broken lines (Figure 4). The principle of closure states that we organize our perceptions into complete objects rather than as a series of parts (Figure 5).