5. Psychology
It is the study of human behavior.
The various schools of psychology
1)Structuralist school
2)Behaviourist school
3)Functionalist school
4)Gestalt school
5)Humanist school
6. Gestalt Psychology
Gestalt psychology is a school of thought
that believes all objects and scenes can
be observed in their simplest forms.
Sometimes referred to as the 'Law of
Simplicity,' the theory proposes that the
whole of an object or scene is more
important than its individual parts.
Observing the whole helps us find order in
chaos and unity among outwardly
unrelated parts and pieces of information.
7. Gestalt psychology proposes a unique
perspective on human perception.
According to Gestalt psychologists, we
don't just see the world, we actively
interpret what we see, depending on what
we are expecting to see. A famous French
author, Anaïs Nin, who was not a
psychologist, framed that idea in an
interesting way: 'We do not see the world
as it is; we see it as we are.'
8. Gestalt psychology encourages
people to 'think outside of the
box' and look for patterns. In this
lesson, we'll explore the basic
principles of Gestalt psychology
and the laws of perceptual
organization using examples.
9. Laws of Perceptual Organization
One of the laws of perceptual organization is that
of apparent motion, through which the whole is
more important than the individual parts. When you
view an animated cartoon or any kind of film, you'll
perceive motion when the individual frames are
strung together. You won't see the individual
frames; you'll see action and motion that tells a
story. For example, in a cartoon, a character may
run off the edge of the cliff and, for a moment,
tread air until he looks down, sees his situation and
then plummets to the floor of a canyon to become
a flat coyote, cat or bunny.
10. Closure
Closure occurs when an object is incomplete or a
space is not completely enclosed. If enough of the
shape is indicated, people percieve the whole by
filling in the missing infomation.
11.
12. Gestalt is a psychology term which means "unified
whole". It refers to theories of visual perception
developed by German psychologists in the 1920s.
These theories attempt to describe how people
tend to organize visual elements into groups or
unified wholes when certain principles are applied.
These principles are:
Similarity
Similarity occurs when objects look similar to one
another. People often perceive them as a group or
pattern.
