The process of organzing and interpreting information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events
Perception
The tendency for vision to dominate the other senses
Visual Capture
Means "an organized whole
Gestalt Psychology
These psychologists emphasize our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes
Gestalt Psychology
The whole is greater than the sum of its part
Gestalt Philosophy
The organization of the visual field into objects (figures) that stand out from their surroundings (ground)
Figure-Ground Relationship
The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into groups that we understand
Grouping