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GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties

Synonyms:

configurationism; Gestalt psychology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Gestalt psychology" is a kind of...):

scientific theory (a theory that explains scientific observations)

Meronyms (parts of "Gestalt psychology"):

Gestalt law of organization; Gestalt principle of organization (a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization)

Domain category:

holism; holistic theory (the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole)

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

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