When you are looking out a window at the street and see a parked car partially blocked by a telephone pole, you perceive the car as a whole object, even though your sensations of it are disjointed. This is due to the gestalt law of
A) proximity
B) closure
C) good continuation
D) similarity

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The gestalt law of closure explains how we perceive objects as whole even when they are partially obscured or incomplete. In this scenario, the mind fills in the missing parts of the car obscured by the telephone pole, allowing us to perceive it as a complete object.

When You Are Looking Out a Window at the Street