Gestalt Principles

Question 0

Figure-ground

Answer 0

We organise visual information by perceptually dividing a visual scene into a ‘figure’, which stands out from the ‘ground’, which is it’s surroundings. E.g. Edgar Rubin - faces/vase.

Question 1

Gestalt Principles

Answer 1

Refers to the ways in which we organise the features of a visual scene by grouping them to perceive a whole, complete form.

Question 2

Closure

Answer 2

Refers to the perceptual tendency to mentally ‘close-up’, fill in or ignore gaps in a visual image and to perceive objects as complete. E.g. Signs with different colours.

Question 3

Similarity

Answer 3

Involves the 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.

Question 4

Proximity

Answer 4

Is the tendency to perceive parts of a visual image which are positioned close together as belonging together in a group. E.g rows or columns in a rectangle.