Meaning | (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties. |
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Synonym | Gestalt psychology |
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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 |
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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 |
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Broader | scientific theory | A theory that explains scientific observations |
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Spanish | gestaltismo |
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Catalan | gestaltisme, psicologia de la forma |
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