Gestalt Principles

Gestalt Principles

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Gestalt Defined

• Gestalt psychology or gestaltism is a school of psychology that emerged in Austria and Germany in the early twentieth century based on work by Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, and Kurt Koffka. As used in Gestalt psychology, the German word Gestalt is interpreted as "pattern" or "configuration"

6 Gestalt Principals

• Gestalt psychologists argued that these principles exist because the mind has an innate disposition to perceive patterns in the stimulus based on certain rules. These principles are organized into six categories: Good Figure, Proximity, Similarity, Continuity, Closure, and Connectedness.

Multiple Choice

Gestalt psychology is base on the principle that:

• we tend to view the parts before we see the whole

• we see with two eyes

• the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

• perception is the same for everyone

Multiple Choice

Gestalt is a German word that means

• good form.

• good vision.

• ambiguous form.

• good sight.

Multiple Choice

Which Gestalt Principle can be seen here?

• Closure

• Proximity

• Similarity

• Continuity

Multiple Choice

What is the basic rule of the Gestalt Principles?

• "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts"

• "Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell"

• "Respect, Learning, Working Together"

• "Theories are always open to correction or improvement"

Multiple Choice

Why can we see the ambiguous figures at the same time?

• Because we fill in the blank space in order to create a whole image

• Because of the principle of Similarity

• Because they both stand out

• Because we separate them based on proximity

Multiple Choice

Why is it that we can see the panda in the logo and not a bunch of black shapes?

• We perceive the proximity of the shapes as a group

• We automatically fill the gaps between the black shapes to create a panda

• We simplify the scene into figures and background

• Because of the Figure/Ground principle

Multiple Choice

What is the Figure/Ground being displayed?

• Figure: Pillars

  Ground: Men

• Ground: Pillars

  Figure: Men

• Figure: The two faces

  Ground: The vase

• I'm not sure

Multiple Choice

What is Closure?

• Completing gaps within a figure in order to view the stimulus as a whole

• Simplifying a scene into figures and backgrounds

• The perception of objects based on similar features

• The perception of objects that are physically close together as belonging in a group

Multiple Select

Why do humans use the Gestalt Principles? (Two answers required)

• Humans don't use the Gestalt Principles

• In order to make order out of chaos

• To make harmony or structure from seemingly disconnected pieces of visual information

• In order to make chaos out of order

Multiple Choice

Which of the following pertains to proximity?

Multiple Choice

Which image pertains to continuity?

Multiple Choice

Which image pertains to similarity?

Multiple Choice

Which image pertains to closure?

Multiple Choice

Which Gestalt Principle?

• Figure Ground Perception

• Closure

• Proximity

• Continuity

Multiple Choice

Which Gestalt Principle?

• Figure Ground Perception

• Closure

• Similarity

• Proximity

Multiple Choice

Which Gestalt Principle?

• Stroboscopic motion

• Closure

• Figure Ground Perception

• Common Fate

Multiple Choice

Which Gestalt principle?

• Continuity

• Stroboscopic Motion

• Similarity

• Figure Ground Perception

Multiple Choice

Which Gestalt Principle?

• Figure Ground Perception

• Similarity

• Closure

• Proximity

Multiple Choice

Which Gestalt Principle?

• Closure

• Figure Ground Perception

• Continuity

• Stroboscopic Motion

Multiple Choice

Which gestalt principle pertains the the following image?

• Proximity

• Similarity

• Closure

• Figure Ground Perception