Media is watching the summer Olympics, and when they go to commercial, she sees the five Olympic Rings logo flash on the TV. She knows that there are five separate rings that are interlocked, but she tends to perceive the image as a complete whole. This is likely because of the Gestalt principle of
A. figure-ground discrimination.
B. synchrony.
C. common region.
D. common fate.
Answer: C
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