An approach to psychology that focuses on the organization of perception and thinking in a "whole" sense, rather than on the individual elements of perception gestalt_psychology (217 0K)
A school in psychology that emphasizes the organized character of human experience and behaviour Gestalt is a German word that means form, pattern, or configuration Gestalt psychology thus emphasizes the study of wholes or whole patterns
(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties
The school of thought based on the belief that human consciousness cannot be broken down into its elements (p 8)
(pronounced "gess-TAHLT") a school of psychology holding that psychological phenomena are best understood when viewed as organized, structured wholes, rather than when analyzed into numerous components