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Gestalt psychology — (also Gestalt of the Berlin School) is a theory of mind and brain that proposes that the operational principle of the brain is holistic, parallel, and analog, with self organizing tendencies; or, that the whole is different than the sum of its… … Wikipedia
Gestalt psychology — n the study of perception and behavior from the standpoint of an individual s response to gestalten with stress on the uniformity of psychological and physiological events and rejection of analysis into discrete events of stimulus, percept, and… … Medical dictionary
Gestalt psychology — n. a school of psychology, developed in Germany, which affirms that all experience consists of gestalten, and that the response of an organism to a situation is a complete and unanalyzable whole rather than a sum of the responses to specific… … English World dictionary
Gestalt psychology — (sometimes l.c.) the theory or doctrine that physiological or psychological phenomena do not occur through the summation of individual elements, as reflexes or sensations, but through gestalts functioning separately or interrelatedly. Also called … Universalium
Gestalt psychology — Gestalt′ psychol′ogy n. psl the school or doctrine holding that behavioral and psychological phenomena cannot be fully explained by analysis of their component parts, as reflexes or sensations, but must be studied as wholes • Etymology: 1920–25 … From formal English to slang
Gestalt psychology — noun (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties • Syn: ↑configurationism • Topics: ↑psychology, ↑psychological science, ↑holism, ↑holistic theory … Useful english dictionary
Gestalt psychology — Ge|stalt psy|chol|o|gy [ gə ʃtalt saı,kalədʒi ] noun uncount a form of PSYCHOLOGY that considers behavior, feelings, beliefs, etc. as part of a greater whole, not as simple and separate reactions … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Gestalt psychology — n. school of psychology that considers mental processes to be complete wholes which cannot be broken down into separate components … English contemporary dictionary
gestalt psychology — noun a movement in psychology seeking to explain perceptions as gestalts rather than analysing their constituents … English new terms dictionary
Gestalt psychology — UK / US noun [uncountable] a form of psychology that considers behaviour, feelings, beliefs etc as part of a greater whole, not as simple and separate reactions … English dictionary
Gestalt psychology — /gəʃtælt saɪˈkɒlədʒi/ (say guhshtalt suy koluhjee) noun a school of psychology which believes that experiences and conduct do not occur through the summation of reflexes or other individual elements but through configurations called Gestalten,… …
