Gestalt Principles

Question 1

Figure-ground

Answer 1

Occurs when we organise visual info by perceptually dividing a visual scene into a ‘figure’, which stands out from the ‘ground’, which is its surroundings

Question 2

Closure

Answer 2

Perceptual tendency to mentally ‘close up’, fill in or ignore gaps in a visual image & to perceive objects as complete

Question 3

Similarity

Answer 3

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 4

Proximity

Answer 4

Tendency to perceive parts of a visual image which are positioned close together as belonging together in a group