PPT Slide
The Gestalt Laws of Organization
gestalt laws of organization: A series of principles that describe
how we organize pieces of
information into meaningful wholes; they include closure,
proximity, similarity, and simplicity
gestalts: Patterns studied by the gestalt psychologists
closure: The tendency to group according to enclosed or complete
figures rather than open or
proximity: The tendency to group together those elements that are
similarity: The tendency to group together those elements that are
simplicity: The tendency to perceive a pattern in the most basic,
straightforward, organized manner possible-the overriding gestalt