Gestalt Psychology and Web Design Flashcards
Human vision is?
Indirect process where an exact representation is formed from the light energy entering the eye.
What is structuralism?
to understand and explain the adult mind in terms of the simplest definable components and how they are pieced together to create complex experiences, as well as how they are correlated to physical, visible event.
Structuralism states perceptions are created through the unconscious combination of elements called ‘_______’ in the human mind.
sensations
Who are the three founders of the Gestalt Psychology?
Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Kohler
What is apparent movement?
The illusion of movement induced by alternating fixed images.
Gestaltists believe…?
The whole is different than the sum of its parts
What is Emergence?
perceptual experience of meaningful elements appearing instantly from a scene, without conscious identification of the elements that comprise the whole object.
