| Meaning | A principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization. |
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| Synonym | Gestalt law of organization |
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| Part of | Gestalt psychology, configurationism | (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties |
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| 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 |
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| 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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