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Gestalt Psychology

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Noun

1. configurationism, gestalt psychology

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gestalt Psychology

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noun
a system of thought, derived from experiments carried out by German psychologists, that regards all mental phenomena as being arranged in Gestalts

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Gestalt Psychology

see synonyms of gestalt psychology
a school of psychology, developed in Germany, which affirms that all experience consists of gestalten, and that the response of an organism to a situation is a complete and unanalyzable whole rather than a sum of the responses to specific elements in the situation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gestalt Psychology

see synonyms of gestalt psychology
n.
The school or theory in psychology holding that psychological, physiological, and behavioral phenomena are irreducible experiential configurations not derivable from a simple summation of perceptual elements such as sensation and response.

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