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- | [[:glossary#gestalt|Gestalt]] psychology was first introduced in 1912 by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Wertheimer|Max Wertheimer]], a German psychologist, when he published a paper on optical illusion called //apparent motion//. In the paper he analyzed the illusion occurring when a series of static images is perceived as movement, just like films. The assumption that **whole is more than just sum of its parts** is the basic principle of gestalt psychology. | + | [[:glossary#gestalt|Gestalt]] psychology was first introduced in 1912 by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Wertheimer|Max Wertheimer]](([[http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/gestalt.html|Boeree, George. Gestalt Psychology.]])), a German psychologist, when he published a paper on optical illusion called //apparent motion//. In the paper he analyzed the illusion occurring when a series of static images is perceived as movement, just like films. The assumption that **whole is more than just sum of its parts** is the basic principle of gestalt psychology. |
===== What is gestalt psychology? ===== | ===== What is gestalt psychology? ===== | ||
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+ | [[http://books.google.hr/books?id=cLnqI3dvi4kC|Koffka, Kurt. Principles of Gestalt Psychology. Routledge, 1999.]] | ||
[[http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Koffka/Perception/perception.htm|Koffka, K. Perception: An introduction to the Gestalt-theory. Psychological Bulletin, 19, 531-585. 1922.]] | [[http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Koffka/Perception/perception.htm|Koffka, K. Perception: An introduction to the Gestalt-theory. Psychological Bulletin, 19, 531-585. 1922.]] |