Gestalt laws

Question 1

Proximity

Answer 1

Objects close together are grouped

Question 2

Similarity

Answer 2

Parts that are similar are grouped

Question 3

Connectedness

Answer 3

Parts are grouped when they’re connected

Question 4

Common fate

Answer 4

Parts that move together/in the same direction are grouped together (random dot kinematograms use this principle, similarity of motion, to define objects by just motion)

Question 5

Closure

Answer 5

Closing a gap to make a whole. Convex (move inward) shapes are preferred over concave (move outward) shapes

Question 6

Collinearity

Answer 6

Good continuation. We prefer flowing lines over separate shapes

Question 7

Symmetry

Answer 7

Contours that form a symmetrical shape are grouped over contours that form an assymetrical shape

Question 8

Pregnanz/good form

Answer 8

Reduction to the simplest forms is preferred. EG in the olympic circles, you see circles not the parts.

*all laws have influences of others. Eg here good continuation/closure are hints too

Question 9

Figure-Ground

Answer 9

Some region is the figure, other is background that continues behind the figure