Gestalt psychology

Gestalt psychology

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The school or theory in psychology holding that psychological, physiological, and behavioral phenomena are irreducible experiential configurations not derivable from a simple summation of perceptual elements such as sensation and response.

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Gestalt psychology - (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties configurationism Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization - a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization scientific theory - a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable" holism, holistic theory - the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole; "holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts"; "holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states" psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life