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GESTALT PRINCIPLE OF ORGANIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization
Synonyms:
Gestalt law of organization; Gestalt principle of organization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Gestalt principle of organization" is a kind of...):
principle; rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Gestalt principle of organization"):
closure; law of closure (a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric)
common fate; law of common fate (a Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unit)
continuation; good continuation; law of continuation (a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction)
law of proximity; proximity (a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit)
law of similarity; similarity (a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit)
Holonyms ("Gestalt principle of organization" is a part of...):
configurationism; Gestalt psychology ((psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties)
