NOUN | cognition | configurationism, Gestalt psychology | (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties |
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Meaning | (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties. | |
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Synonym | Gestalt psychology | |
Category | holism, holistic theory | The theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole |
psychology, psychological science | The science of mental life | |
Parts | Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization | A principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization |
Broader | scientific theory | A theory that explains scientific observations |
Spanish | gestaltismo | |
Catalan | gestaltisme, psicologia de la forma |
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