Gestalt
Grouping Objects
Law of similarity and symmetry
Recognizing shapes
Pragnanz
200

What is the positive shape and what is the negative shape in figure/ground?

  • The positive shape is the figure/in the front.

  • The negative shape is the ground/faded in the background.

200

What are examples of regularity?

Examples of Regularity:

  • Habits 

  • Nature 

  • Grammer

200

What is an example of symmetry?

  • Butterfly wings 

  • The human body

  • Shapes 

200

Examples of closure?

Our brains automatically filling out half of a letter that is missing in a photo.

200

What is a good example of pragnanaz?

A jack-o-lantern

300

What is continuation?

the principle that our eyes will follow perceived lines.

300

What is regularity?

When things become so regular they create a pattern.

300

Where do we find similarity?

Visual attributes like shape, size, color, value, and texture.

300

What is Isomorphic Correspondence most commonly related to?

Cultural background/traditions.

300

How does it work?

If you begin creating with drawing simple geometric shapes, our brains will perceive it better.

400

What is figure/ground?

a relationship where elements are perceived as either the foreground or background in an image.

400

What is common fate?

the grouping of associated items that appear to move together.

400

What is symmetry?

Seeing a connection and creating a visual balance when an object is reflected by an axis.

400

What is closure?

Our ability to fill in the gaps of what is not there.

400
It is a German word. What word does is translate to?

Conciseness

500

What is Gestalt Theory?

Our physical  perception and the way our brain organizes and simplifies objects by looking at them as a whole system.

500

What is proximity?

The grouping of objects that are close to one another.

500

What is similarity?

The principle that we group things that appear to be the same.

500

What is Isomorphic Correspondence?

The way we add meaning to things we see based on memoirs, past experiences, and our culture.

500
What is pragnanz?

A preference to recognize and order objects into simple and clear groups.