Levon was amazed at a magician's trick in which a person in a box appeared to be sawed in half.Levon had perceived the head at one end of the box and the feet at the other end of the box, as belonging to a single person, rather than two separate people.This error in Levon's understanding illustrates the Gestalt principle of:
A)figure-ground
B)proximity
C)common fate
D)good continuation

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The Gestalt principle of "good continuation" refers to the tendency of our visual system to group together elements that are smoothly aligned or continuous with one another. In this case, Levon's perception of the person in the box being one entity rather than two separate entities is an example of this principle at work. The other answer choices (figure-ground, proximity, common fate) do not accurately describe the error in Levon's understanding.

Levon Was Amazed at a Magician's Trick in Which a Person