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Gestalt Psychology

• Serve as the foundation of thecognitive perspective

• It opposed the external andmechanistic focus ofbehaviorism

• The mental process &products of perception

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Gestalt Psychology

• The term gestalt means form orconguration

• Max WertheimerWolfgang!ohler&!urt !o"#a

• Psychologists $ho studiedperception

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Gestalt Psychology

•  They also suggested that learners donot %ust collect information but theyactively process and restructure data

in order to understand it

• actors li#e past experiences needsattitudes &one's present situation

can a"ect their perception• (ccording to the gestalt psyhologists

the $ay $e form our perceptions are

guided by certain principles or la$s

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Gestalt Principles

)* +a$ of Proximity

  elements that arecloser together $ill

be perceive as acoherent ob%ect

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Gestalt Principles

,* +a$ of Similarity

  elements that loo#similar $ill be

perceive as part ofthe same form

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Gestalt Principles

-* +a$ of .losure

  $e tend to ll the gapsor /close / the gure $e

perceive &enclose a

space by completing acontour & ignoring gaps

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Gestalt Principles

0* +a$ of Good .ontinuation

  Individuals have the

tendency to continuecontours $henever the

elements of the patternestablish an implied direction

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1* +a$ of Good

Pragnan2  the stimulus $ill be

organi2e into as gooda gure as possible

Gestalt Principles

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Gestalt Principles

3* +a$ of

igure4Ground( stimulus $ill be

perceive as separatefrom its ground

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Gestalt Principles in Teaching

+earning Process

•  The 3 gestalt principles not only in5uenceperception but they also impact on learning

• !urt +e$in theory focusing on /life spa6 that

an individual has inner & outer space$hich can a"ect his perception &also hislearning

• Inner forces includes his o$n motivation

attitudes &feelings• 7uter forces includes the attitudes &

behavior of the teachers & classmates

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Gestalt Group

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  Members :;

  u?uilla @heyland  Malvar .helsea

  7baldo =ulie (nn