Množina: gestalts

A configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts.
Concept of a unified whole that is greater than, or different from, the sum of its parts; that is, a complete structure whose nature is not explained simply by analyzing its constituent elements. A chair, for example, will generally be recognized as a chair despite great variations between individual chairs in such attributes as size, shape, and color.
Gestalt psychology regards all mental phenomena as being arranged in organized, structured wholes, as opposed to being composed of simple sensations. For example, learning is seen as a reorganizing of a whole situation (often involving insight), as opposed to the behaviorists’ view that it consists of associations between stimuli and responses. Gestalt psychologists’ experiments show that the brain is not a passive receiver of information, but that it structures all its input in order to make sense of it, a belief that is now generally accepted; however, other principles of Gestalt psychology have received considerable criticism.
The term “Gestalt” was first used in psychology by the Austrian philosopher and psychologist Christian von Ehrenfels in 1890. Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, and Kurt Koffka (1886–1941) were cofounders of Gestalt psychology.
(German) integral pattern or system of psychological events as a functional unit.

Množina: Gestalt psychologies

An approach to psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties; Also called: configurationism.

Množina: gestaltisms

Množina: gestaltists

A specialist in Gestalt psychology