Gestalt Principles

Question 1

What do the gestalt principles refer to

Answer 1

The gestalt principles of visual perception refers to the way in which we organise the features of a visual scene by grouping them to perceive a complete image

Question 2

What are the four gestalt principles of visual perception

Answer 2

Gestalt principles are:
-Figure-ground
-Closure
-Similarity
-Proximity

Question 3

What is figure-ground

Answer 3

Figure ground is the organisation of visual information by dividing a visual scene into figure and background

Question 4

What is Closure

Answer 4

Closure is a perceptual tendency to ‘close gaps’, fill in or ignore gaps in a visual image and to perceive incomplete objects as whole

Question 5

What is similarity

Answer 5

involves the tendency to perceive parts of a image that have similar features

Question 6

What is proximity

Answer 6

Is the tendency to perceive parts of a visual image which are positioned close together as belonging to a group

Question 7

What do the visual perception principles do

Answer 7

Visual perception principles are what we apply to visual info to assist our organisation and interpretation in consistent and meaningful ways