Gestalt Approach

The Gestalt approach is a psychological theory that emphasizes understanding perceptions as whole, organized patterns rather than just a sum of individual parts. It suggests that our minds naturally organize sensory information into unified, meaningful structures based on principles like similarity, proximity, and continuity. For example, when viewing a group of dots, we tend to see them as clusters rather than separate dots. This approach highlights how perceptual processes shape our experience of the world by actively constructing coherent overall images from raw sensory data.