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- Frontiers - Gestalt Theory Rearranged: Back to Wertheimer
- Gestalt Institute of Cleveland - What is Gestalt?
- BCcampus Open Publishing - Gestalt Psychology: History and Modern-Day Practices
- Verywell Mind - What is Gestalt Psychology?
- Simply Psychology - What is Gestalt Psychology?
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Gestalt psychology, school of psychology founded in the 20th century that provided the foundation for the modern study of perception. Gestalt theory emphasizes that the whole of anything is greater than its parts. That is, the attributes of the whole are not deducible from analysis of the parts in isolation. The word Gestalt is used in modern German to mean the way a thing has been “placed,” or “put together.” There is no exact equivalent in English. “Form” and “shape” are the usual translations; in psychology the word is often interpreted as “pattern” or “configuration.” Gestalt theory originated in Austria ...(100 of 599 words)