Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each observation to the Gestalt law it demonstrates.
- A dashed outline is seen as a complete triangle
- Items are grouped together by their shared color
- Widely spaced letters read as separate words by their gaps
- One melodic line is tracked through overlapping notes
- Continuity
- Proximity
- Similarity
- Closure
Hints
- Reason from each percept to the organizing principle behind it.
- Completing a gapped shape is closure; grouping by likeness is similarity.
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- A dashed outline is seen as a complete triangle → Closure
- Items are grouped together by their shared color → Similarity
- Widely spaced letters read as separate words by their gaps → Proximity
- One melodic line is tracked through overlapping notes → Continuity
Why
Completing a dashed shape is closure, grouping by color is similarity, splitting by gaps is proximity, and following a smooth line through clutter is continuity. Each observation applies one Gestalt law.
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