PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Gestalt Psychology, Retina, Barcode
17 Mar 2014
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Gestalt principles of grouping: gestalt psychology a theory to account for how we perceive the environment. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts : ex. a group of 10 dots in a row is reported as a line of dots" instead of saying "10 dots". Law of pragnanz we have a bias to organize things into the simplest organization: ex. a group of 10 dots in a row is reported as a line of dots" instead of saying. 6 principles of gestalt organization: figure-ground: when perceiving a visual scene, we organize the info as the central object of identification (figure), while the other objects fade into the background (ground) Object will be perceived as separate from its background: proximity: things that are closer together will be perceived as members of the same group, ex. When we see an incomplete object, we fill in the gaps: ex.
