Gestalt psychology
noun
: the study of perception and behavior from the standpoint of an individual's response to configurational wholes with stress on the uniformity of psychological and physiological events and rejection of analysis into discrete events of stimulus, percept, and response
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First Known Use
1924, in the meaning defined above
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“Gestalt psychology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gestalt%20psychology. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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Gestalt psychology
noun
: the study of perception and behavior from the standpoint of an individual's response to gestalten with stress on the uniformity of psychological and physiological events and rejection of analysis into discrete events of stimulus, percept, and response
Gestalt psychologist
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