Quinn has spent the afternoon setting up hundreds of dominoes.When his brother gets home,he comments that Quinn has created an interesting clover-leaf pattern.Though Quinn wasn't aware he was doing this,he is able to see the pattern when his brother points it out.Which Gestalt principle are both boys using?
A) Similarity
B) Figure-ground
C) Proximity
D) Continuity

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The boys are using the Gestalt principle of Continuity, which describes our tendency to interpret a series of points or lines as having unity and continuity. Quinn unknowingly created a clover-leaf pattern, which his brother was able to recognize because it followed a continuous form.

Quinn Has Spent the Afternoon Setting Up Hundreds of Dominoes