8.4 -- PART 2/2

Question 1

Name as many Gestalt principles as you can.

Answer 1

Figure ground, Closure, Similarity, Proximity

Question 2

Explain the principle of figure ground

Answer 2

a Gestalt principle of visual perception, that involves organising visual information by perceptually dividing a visual scene into a ‘figure’, which stands out from the ‘ground’, which is its surroundings

Question 3

Explain closure

Answer 3

Gestalt principle of visual perception that involves a perceptual tendency to mentally ‘close up’, fill in or ignore gaps in a visual image and to perceive objects as complete

Question 4

Explain similarity

Answer 4

Gestalt principle of visual perception that involves a tendency to perceive parts of a visual image that have similar features, such as size, shape, texture or colour, as belonging together in a unit, group or ‘whole’

Question 5

Explain proximity

Answer 5

Gestalt principle of visual perception, that involves a tendency to perceive parts of a visual image which are positioned close together as belonging together in a group; also called nearness

Question 6

What is a perceptual set?