Gestalt
n. configuration or structure which forms a unified whole and cannot be predicted from its individual elements (Psychology) | ||||
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Gestalt Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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gestalt
Noun
1. a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts
(hypernym) form, shape, pattern
Noun
1. a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts
(hypernym) form, shape, pattern
Gestalt Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Gestalt Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Gestalt
the theory that individuals are born with the perceptual need to organise the world in whole images using techniques such as; closure, grouping, figure and ground, proximity, continuity, similarity, common fate; Used in advertising where a little information is given thus drawing the viewer into attempting to complete the image.
the theory that individuals are born with the perceptual need to organise the world in whole images using techniques such as; closure, grouping, figure and ground, proximity, continuity, similarity, common fate; Used in advertising where a little information is given thus drawing the viewer into attempting to complete the image.
Gestalt Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Gestalt
(1) A structure, configuration, or pattern of physical, biological, sociological, or psychological phenomena so integrated as to constitute a functional unit with properties not derivable from its parts in summation. This German word is considered by many system thinkers (e.g., von Bertalanffy, Angyal) to convey more accurately the concept of organized wholes than the word system. (Steven Rogers) (2) The organized structure or pattern that makes up all of a person's experience of some system. This integrated view is more than the sum of the individual elements by which the field can be described. (Iberall)
A configuration, originally limited to visual forms, or a pattern which is seen as a whole unity. The nearest English equivalent to this German word is whole. The concept has given rise to various theories of perception and learning, educational philosophies and schools of thought, e.g., gestalt psychology, general systems theory and holism . (Krippendorff )
(1) A structure, configuration, or pattern of physical, biological, sociological, or psychological phenomena so integrated as to constitute a functional unit with properties not derivable from its parts in summation. This German word is considered by many system thinkers (e.g., von Bertalanffy, Angyal) to convey more accurately the concept of organized wholes than the word system. (Steven Rogers) (2) The organized structure or pattern that makes up all of a person's experience of some system. This integrated view is more than the sum of the individual elements by which the field can be described. (Iberall)
A configuration, originally limited to visual forms, or a pattern which is seen as a whole unity. The nearest English equivalent to this German word is whole. The concept has given rise to various theories of perception and learning, educational philosophies and schools of thought, e.g., gestalt psychology, general systems theory and holism . (Krippendorff )
Gestalt Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Gestalt
Gestalt is a German word that can be translated into English in various ways:
- as shape, form, guise or likeness (e.g., in Menschengestalt: in human form)
- as figure or as a synonym for person (e.g., eine dunkle Gestalt: a sinister figure)
- A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic entities that creates a unified concept, configuration or pattern which is greater than the sum of its parts.
- Gestalt psychology (or Gestalt theory), a theory of mind and brain, describing the Gestalt effect.
- Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy, a method of psychotherapy based on Gestalt psychology.
- Gestalt therapy, a form of psychotherapy built on the experiential ideal of "here and now" and relationships with others and the world.
- Gestalt (Mac OS), an environment-query function in Mac OS.
- An anime manga and OVA series: Gestalt (manga).
- The possibility of Transformers' teams to combine into a bigger robot, see Gestalt (Transformers)
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