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Gestalt psychology

Perception and Gestalt

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The term "Gestalt" means "whole" or "form." Gestalt psychology describes several principles of organization to explain sensation and perception as the process of grouping individual parts into a more meaningful whole You probably have seen Federal Express trucks rushing to deliver packages, but have you ever noticed the arrow shape in between the "E" and "x" letters? If not, go take at the log on their web site, or you may even have a package or letter laying around. See if you can spot the arrow.

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The term "Gestalt" means "whole" or "form." Gestalt psychology describes several principles of organization to explain sensation and perception as the process of grouping individual parts into a more meaningful whole You probably have seen Federal Express trucks rushing to deliver packages, but have you ever noticed the arrow shape in between the "E" and "x" letters? If not, go take at the log on their web site, or you may even have a package or letter laying around. See if you can spot the arrow.

Myers Psychology Chapter 6 Vocabulary (6th Edition)

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Selective Attention – the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus, as in the cocktail party effect. Visual Capture – the tendency for vision to dominate the other senses. Gestalt – an organized whole. Gestalt psychologists emphasize our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes. Figure-Ground – the organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings. Grouping – the perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups. Depth perception – the ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance. Visual cliff – a laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals.
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