Gestalt Flashcards
1
Q
The tendency to group things that occur close together in time as being related. Can lead to superstitions.
A
Law of Contiguity
2
Q
Suggest how our brains prefer to group stimulus elements together to form a percept.
A
Gestalt Laws of Grouping
3
Q
The tendency to fill in gaps and see incomplete figures as complete.
A
Closure
4
Q
The tendency to group similar objects.
A
Similarity
5
Q
The tendency to group objects together when they are near each other.
A
Proximity
6
Q
The tendency to group similar objects together that share a common motion or destination.
A
Continuity
7
Q
Reality is organized or reduced to the simplest form possible.
A
Pragnanz
8
Q
People mentally process visual information that ________.
A
- Are symmetrical.
- Contain simplest possible shapes.
- Contain least number of shapes.
