The most basic rule of gestalt is the law of prägnanz. This law says that we try to experience things in as good a gestalt way as possible. In this sense, "good" can mean several things, such as regular, orderly, simplistic, symmetrical, etc. The other gestalt laws are: Law of Closure - Our mind adds missing elements to complete a figure. Law of Similarity - Our mind groups similar elements to an entity. The similarity depends on form, color, size and brightness of the elements. Law of Proxim ...

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List of publications in psychology - Experimental Studies of the Perception of Movement. Max Wertheimer Experimental Studies of the Perception of Movement, 1912. Description: Considered the founding article for Gestalt psychology. The article described the Phi phenomenon. Importance: ...

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Visual perception - Unconscious inference. Hermann von Helmholtz is often credited with the founding of the scientific study of visual perception. Helmholtz held vision to be a form of unconscious inference: vision is a matter of deriving a probable interpretation for incomplete data. The general goal of vision is to identify, as accurately as possible, the features of our environment: roughly, what objects are present where. Other features are irrelevant to this task : illumination patterns, viewing ...

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Most of the general processes of visual perception have been shown to be universal, as opposed to being dependant on culture, although there are specific instances where cultural variability appears to come into play. It has also been shown that certain individual differences such as impairment of sight and spatial skills can also affect our visual perception. There are also other factors that influence how we perceive things such as personality, cognitive styles, gender, occupation, ag ...

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Holism in science, sometimes called the new science, is a scientific paradigm or approach to science in which the results of scientific research are viewed in a holistic manner, a departure from the reductive approach typical of scientific endeavor since the Enlightenment. Further information: Holism in science, and [[]], and See also:

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A holistic approach to healing recognizes that the emotional, mental, spiritual and physical elements of each person comprise a system, and attempts to treat the whole person, concentrating on the cause of the illness as well as symptoms. This approach often focuses on traditional (i.e. non-allopathic) medicinal arts. Examples of such holistic therapies include Acupuncture, Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, Indian Head Massage, Reiki, and Reflexology, to name just a few. S ...

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List of publications in psychology - Introducing Psychology. Nigel Benson Introducing Psychology, 1998. Totem/Icon Books. Description: Introduction to psychology for general public and students. Importance: Popular, International best-selling, 14 languages List of publications in psychology - Principles of Psychology. William James Principles of Psychology, 1890. Online version Desc ...

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List of publications in psychology - The Interpretation of Dreams. Sigmund Freud The Interpretation of Dreams, 1900. Online version Description: Dream interpretation became a part of psychoanalysis due to this seminal work. Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence ...

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List of publications in psychology - A Theory of Human Motivation. Abraham Maslow Psychological Review, 50, 370-396. (1943) Online version Description: In this paper the Maslow's hierarchy of needs was described. Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence ...

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List of publications in psychology - Psychology as the behaviorist views it. John B. Watson Psychological Review, 20, pp. 158-177. Online version Description: With his behaviorism, Watson put the emphasis on external behaviour of people and their reactions on given situations, rather than the internal, mental state of those people. In his opinion, the analysis of behaviours and reactions was the only objective method to get insight in the human actions. Im ...

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Description: This publication was the foundation of the classification systems used in today's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Importance: ...

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Cronbach, Lee J. (1957). The two disciplines of scientific psychology. American Psychologist, 12, 671-684. Gordon, Kate. (1905). Wherein should the education of a woman differ from that of a man. School Review, 13, 789-794. Hall, G. Stanley. (1904). Adolescent girls and their education. From Adolescence: Its psychology and its relations to physiology, anthropology, sociology, sex, crime, religion, and education (Vol. 2, Chapter 17). Spearman, Charles. (1904). "General intelligence," objectively ...

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Classic Readings on Prejudice and Intergroup Relations * Allport, G.W. (1954). The nature of prejudice. New York: Doubleday. Description: With this book, Gordon Allport put forth one of the most influential theories of prejudice reduction, known as the Contact Hypothesis. The basic idea behind the Contact Hypothesis is that increasing contact between members of different groups is the foundation for reducing intergroup hostility. This book is important for many other reasons as well, and is recommended reading for anyone interested in the areas of prejudi ...

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There are more elements, but these three in particular stand out: Time-binding: The human ability to pass information and knowledge between generations at an accelerating rate. It is said to be a unique capacity, separating us from animals. Animals pass knowledge, but not at an exponential rate, i.e., each generation of animals does things pretty much in the same way as the previous generation. For example, humans used to look for food, now we grow or raise it. Animals are still looking. Silence on ...

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Korzybski's most well-known student was S. I. Hayakawa, who wrote Language In Thought And Action (1941), which became an alternative Book-of-the-Month Club selection. An earlier and less influential book in 1938 was The Tyranny of Words, by Stuart Chase. A current book is Drive Yourself Sane, by Susan and Bruce Kodish, published in 2000. Two major groups were formed in the United States to promote the system: the Institute of General Semantics, in 1938, and the International Society for General Semantics, in 1943. ...

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General Semantics has important links with analytic philosophy and the philosophy of science; it could be characterized without too much distortion as applied analytic philosophy. The influence of Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle, and of early operationalists and pragmatists such as Charles Sanders Peirce, is particularly clear in general semantics' foundational ideas. Korzybski himself acknowledged many of these influences. Korzybski's concept of "silence on the objective level" and his insistence on consciousness of abstrac ...

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The movement is sometimes considered to be under the broader umbrella of the New Age movement. It is distinguished ideologically from other New Age trends by an emphasis on the individual development of secular human capabilities as opposed to the more spiritual views within the movement. However, participants rarely make this distinction and it is common to find that most who embrace the ideas of the human potential movement also tend to embrace the other more spiritual ideas within the New Age movement. It is in many ways the progenito ...

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The movement has received criticism in two forms. The first is from researchers in psychology, medicine, and science who often dismiss the movement as being grounded in pseudoscience, overusing psychobabble, and whose efficacy can be explained entirely by placebo. This criticism was expressed by Richard Feynman's response to his visit at Esalen. However, a technique may still be useful despite a pseudoscientific or religious background. The crucial point is whether critics are correct in asserting that the techniques of the human pote ...

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In Generation 1, the Terrorcons are a group of five Decepticons under the command of Galvatron. When they first arrived to take advantage of the malfunctioning Autobots. However, the momentarly intelligent Grimlock managed to create the Technobots to counter them. The Terrorcons transform into nightmarish monsters and combine the form the "gestalt" Abominus. The five Terrorcons are: Hun-Gurrr1 (Hun-Gruu): The leader, transforms into a two-headed ...

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The Protectobots are a team of five Autobots in the Transformers toyline. They transform into civilian service and emergency vehicles and combine to form the "gestalt" Defensor. The five Protectobots are: Blades  A "rough and tough" warrior who prefers close combat with his enemies. Often at odds with the other, more peace-loving, Protectobots. Transforms into a UH-1 Iroquois. Motto: "War is a dirty game... and I'm a dirty player!" Groove  A steadfast pacifist who ...

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