Gestalt

Question 1

The tendency to group things that occur close together in time as being related. Can lead to superstitions.

Answer 1

Law of Contiguity

Question 2

Suggest how our brains prefer to group stimulus elements together to form a percept.

Answer 2

Gestalt Laws of Grouping

Question 3

The tendency to fill in gaps and see incomplete figures as complete.

Answer 3

Closure

Question 4

The tendency to group similar objects.

Answer 4

Similarity

Question 5

The tendency to group objects together when they are near each other.

Answer 5

Proximity

Question 6

The tendency to group similar objects together that share a common motion or destination.

Answer 6

Continuity

Question 7

Reality is organized or reduced to the simplest form possible.

Answer 7

Pragnanz

Question 8

People mentally process visual information that ________.

Answer 8

1. Are symmetrical.
2. Contain simplest possible shapes.
3. Contain least number of shapes.