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  2. Gestalt psychology - Wikipedia

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    Gestalt psychologists believed that humans tend to perceive objects as complete rather than focusing on the gaps that the object might contain. [38] For example, a circle has good Gestalt in terms of completeness. However, we will also perceive an incomplete circle as a complete circle. [39]

  3. Figure–ground (perception) - Wikipedia

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    Figure–ground (perception) Figure–ground organization is a type of perceptual grouping that is a vital necessity for recognizing objects through vision. In Gestalt psychology it is known as identifying a figure from the back ground. For example, black words on a printed paper are seen as the "figure", and the white sheet as the "background ...

  4. Rubin vase - Wikipedia

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    Another example of a bistable figure Rubin included in his Danish-language, two-volume book was the Maltese cross. A 3D model of a Rubin vase Rubin presented in his doctoral thesis (1915) a detailed description of the visual figure-ground relationship, an outgrowth of the visual perception and memory work in the laboratory of his mentor, Georg ...

  5. Principles of grouping - Wikipedia

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    Principles of grouping. The principles of grouping (or Gestalt laws of grouping) are a set of principles in psychology, first proposed by Gestalt psychologists to account for the observation that humans naturally perceive objects as organized patterns and objects, a principle known as Prägnanz. Gestalt psychologists argued that these ...

  6. Gestalt qualities - Wikipedia

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    An example would be how a melody is perceived, as a whole, rather than merely the sum of its individual notes. A formed Gestalt is an entire, complete structure, with clearly defined contours. The quality “trans – positivity” is manifested in the fact that the image of the whole remains even if all the parts change.

  7. Ambiguous image - Wikipedia

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    For example, an image may be split in half, with the top half being enlarged and placed further away from the perceiver in space. This image will be perceived as one complete image from only a single viewpoint in space, rather than the reality of two separate halves of an object, creating an optical illusion. Street artists often use tricks of ...

  8. Field theory (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Field Theory Image 1 Field Theory Image 2. According to field theory, a person's life is made up of multiple distinct spaces. Image 1 is an example of the total field, or environment. Image 2 is showing a person, and a goal they have. This image shows that there are forces pushing a person toward their goal.

  9. Optical illusion - Wikipedia

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    Optical illusion is also used in film by the technique of forced perspective. Op art is a style of art that uses optical illusions to create an impression of movement, or hidden images and patterns. Trompe-l'œil uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that depicted objects exist in three dimensions.