Gestalt Principles

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

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

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

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

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

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"

Which Gestalt Principle can be seen here?

• Closure

• Proximity

• Similarity

• Continuity

Which Gestalt Principle can be seen here?

• Figure Ground Perception

• Similarity

• Closure

• Proximity

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.

• perception

• sensation

• bottom-up processing

• sensory adaptation

The historical movement associated with the statement “the whole may exceed the sum of its parts” is:

• Parapsychology

• Depth cues

• Functional psychology

• Gestalt psychology