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  • Created on: 01-06-11 11:38

Gestalt Principles

  • Figure ground
  • Part Whole
  • Symmetry
  • Continuity
  • Similarity
  • Proximity
  • Closure
  • Common Fate
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Definition

The view that perceptual forms could be experienced throught the application of perceptual priniciples.  

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what does Gestalt's principles help us do in relation to perception?

They make us see what we need to see easily.

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Prinicple of Figure Ground

We distinguish objects from the background.

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