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Lillian sees a store sign that says cl_ ed. due to the gestalt law of _______, lillian knows the store is closed even though the sign is missing a letter.

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This is the gestalt law of closure. Gestalt means a whole comprised from many pieces that takes on a meaning larger than itself. This refers to Lilian's process of assembling the word- it is composed from letters, but takes on an independent meaning. The law of closure is when this happens anyway even when we don't have all the information.
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