A1c1 Gestalt Laws 1 Flashcards
1
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Figure-ground
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A small, complex, symmetrical object (the figure) is seen as separate from a background (the ground)
2
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Features a figure may have
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The figure is more complex, smaller and more symmetrical than the ground
3
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Features of a ground
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It’s simpler, plainer, larger and tends to fill the whole of the space around the figure. It is more random and disorganized
4
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Similarity
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Figures sharing size, shape or color are grouped together with other things that look the same.
5
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Gestalt laws
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Perceptual rules that organize stimuli. They include: figure-ground, similarity, proximity, continuity, and closure
