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gestalt psychology

gestalt psychology is the alternative letter-case form of Gestalt psychology.

Noun capitalized: Gestalt psychology

Gestalt psychology (uncountable)

  1. A school of psychology that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and Germany as a theory of perception, that was a rejection of basic principles of Wilhelm Wundt's and Edward Titchener's elementalist and structuralist psychology.
    Synonyms:
    gestaltism

Synonyms of gestalt psychology

Forms of gestalt psychology

alternative formgestalt psychology

Questions about gestalt psychology

What does gestalt psychology mean?
Gestalt psychology means a school of psychology that emerged in the early twentieth century in Austria and Germany as a theory of perception, that was a rejection of basic principles of Wilhelm Wundt's and Edward Titchener's elementalist and structuralist psychology.
What is gestalt psychology the alternative letter-case form of?
Gestalt psychology is the alternative letter-case form of Gestalt psychology.
What part of speech is gestalt psychology?
Gestalt psychology is a noun.

Words near gestalt psychology in the dictionary

  1. gestaclone
  2. gestagen
  3. gestagenic
  4. gestagens
  5. gestalt
  6. gestalt psychology
  7. gestalt therapies
  8. gestalt therapy
  9. gestalten
  10. gestalter
  11. gestalters

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