The tendency to see complete letters on a neon sign,even though some of the bulbs are burned out,illustrates the principle of
A) closure.
B) relative luminance.
C) proximity.
D) continuity.

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Closure is the principle of perceptual organization that suggests that humans tend to see complete objects even when some parts are missing. In this case, the burned out bulbs in the neon sign are missing parts of the letters, but our brain still processes the sign as a complete object because of the principle of closure.

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