Closure is the tendency to _____
a) perceive objects, or figures, on some background.
b) complete figures that are incomplete.
c) perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping.
d) perceive things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern.
Answer: b
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