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    PED 312 Gestalttheory

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    Gestalt theory emphasizes that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It focuses on how humans naturally perceive patterns and relationships between different elements. Some key principles of Gestalt theory include proximity, similarity, continuation, closure, symmetry, and figure and ground perception. We are inclined to group elements close together or that look similar, follow lines that continue between objects, fill in missing details, see symmetrical things as unified groups, and differentiate figures from the surrounding background.

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    Gestalt theory emphasizes that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It focuses on how humans naturally perceive patterns and relationships between different elements. Some key principles of Gestalt theory include proximity, similarity, continuation, closure, symmetry, and figure and ground perception. We are inclined to group elements close together or that look similar, follow lines that continue between objects, fill in missing details, see symmetrical things as unified groups, and differentiate figures from the surrounding background.

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    Gestalt theory emphasizes that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It focuses on how humans naturally perceive patterns and relationships between different elements. Some key principles of Gestalt theory include proximity, similarity, continuation, closure, symmetry, and figure and ground perception. We are inclined to group elements close together or that look similar, follow lines that continue between objects, fill in missing details, see symmetrical things as unified groups, and differentiate figures from the surrounding background.

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    PED 312 Gestalttheory

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    Gestalt theory emphasizes that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It focuses on how humans naturally perceive patterns and relationships between different elements. Some key principles of Gestalt theory include proximity, similarity, continuation, closure, symmetry, and figure and ground perception. We are inclined to group elements close together or that look similar, follow lines that continue between objects, fill in missing details, see symmetrical things as unified groups, and differentiate figures from the surrounding background.

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    GESTALT

    THEORY
    GESTALT THEORY
     Emphasizes that the whole of anything is greater than its
    parts.
     The attributes of the whole are not deducible from analysis
    of parts in isolation.
     GESTALT is used in MODERN GERMAN which means
    the way a thing has been “placed” or “put together”.
     InPSYCHOLOGY the word is often interpreted as
    “pattern” or “configuration”
    SOME GENERAL “RULES” OF
    GESTALT THEORY
    Objects will be perceived in their simplest form.
    Humans naturally follow lines or curves.
    The mind will attempt to fill in the details that isn’t
    actually there.
    PRINCIPLES OF

    THEORY
    PROXIMITY
     Occurs when elements are placed close to each other.
     Helps to portray a relationship between the separate parts.
    SIMILARITY
     Occurs when objects look similar to one another. The
    viewer will perceive them as a pattern.
     Similarities in color, shape, texture etc.
    CONTINUATION
     Occurs when the eye is compelled to move through one
    object and continue to another object.
    CLOSURE
     Occurs when an element is incomplete or a space is not
    totally enclose.
     The viewer will subconsciously fill in the missing
    information.
    SYMMETRY
     Elementsthat are symmetical to each other, tend to be
    perceived as a unified groups.
    FIGURE AND GROUND
     The eye differentiates an object from its sorrounding area.
    A form, or shape is perceived as figure, while the
    sorrounding area is perceived as ground.

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