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The tendency to fill in missing perceptual pieces is called closure. Look at the stimuli pictured in Figure 3.3. What do you see? Most see a dog rather than a collection of inkblots, and a rectangle, triangle, and circle rather than some lines and an arc. Because we seek to fill in gaps, we mentally complete the incomplete figures. We fill them in on the basis of our previous experiences and our needs. We make sense of ourselves, people, and events in much the same way. We fill in what is not there by making assumptions or inferences, some of which are more accurate and valid than others. We should remember this when we explore how we perceive the self.

Figure 3.3