gestalt_principle_of_organization (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Gestalt principle of organization*:
NOUN	cognition	Gestalt principle of organization, Gestalt law of organization	a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization

English > *Gestalt principle of organization*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	A principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization.
Synonym	Gestalt law of organization
Part of	Gestalt psychology, configurationism	(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties
Narrower	closure, law of closure	A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
	common fate, law of common fate	A Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unit
	good continuation, continuation, law of continuation	A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
	proximity, law of proximity	A Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit
	similarity, law of similarity	A Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit
Broader	principle, rule	A rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

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