Gestalt approach Flashcards
“The ___ is different than the ____ of its ____” is a simple way of explaining this approach.
Whole
sum
parts
What is the subjective Niker Cube and how does it explain the Gestalt approach?
Many black circles with white lines in them. It looks like a cube when you look at the ensemble. Though when you isolate each circle, it does not look like a cube any more.
In this case, the whole is not equal to the sum of its parts.
We can explain “the whole is different than the sum of its part” by saying that our brain naturally ____ our experiences in their _____.
organizes
entirety
Explain the proximity Gestalt idea of grouping?
Closer together = the same group
Explain the similarity Gestalt idea of grouping?
same shape, color, size = the same group
Explain the closure Gestalt idea of grouping?
Fill in the parts of the image/shape missing.
Explain the figure-ground Gestalt idea of grouping?
The object in a scene (figure) v. other aspects in the background (ground). When we focus on one we cant see the other and vise versa
Explain the continuity Gestalt idea of grouping?
See an intersecting image as certain shapes.
Who is the founder of the Gestalt approach?
Max Wertheimer
What was the first movie? explain how the first movie pushed the invention of the Gestalt approach?
a horse running
Wondered how we could see many pictures as a motion.
What was the common idea of the illusion of motion? What was the idea od Wertheimer? who was right?
Work of the retina
Higher process of the mind.
Wertheimer
What is the retina?
tissue on the back wall of our eyes
What is the blind spot and explain how we are usually unaware of it?
a spot on our retina that cannot capture the light.
our brain fills in the missing spots with what “makes sense”
What is size consistency?
The fact that we know the size of an object and that its size doesn’t change whether it is far from us or very close.
An object that is ___ appears small on the retina.
far
