Gestalt Principles Of Perception Flashcards
1
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What does gestalt mean?
A
Gestalt is an early perspective in psychology that focuses on perception and sensation, particularly the perception of patterns and whole figures.
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What is proximity in Gestalt?
A
proximity is the tendency to perceive objects that are close to one another as part of the same grouping
3
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What is similarity in Gestalt?
A
the tendency to perceive objects that look similar as being part of the same group
4
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What is closure in Gestalt?
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Closure is the tendency to complete figures that are incomplete
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What is continuity in Gestalt?
A
The tendency to perceive things simply with a continuous pattern, rather than with a complex broken-up pattern.
